February 21, 2025

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command on Friday revealed two illegal intrusions by Philippine aircraft on Tuesday and Thursday in the South China Sea, warning that the Philippines' clumsy attempt to promote illegitimate claims by reversing the facts is doomed to fail.

On Thursday, the Philippine's two C-208 aircrafts and a N-22 aircraft illegally intruded into the airspace of China's Nansha Qundao, and the PLA Southern Theater Command tracked, monitored, warned and expelled them, said Tian Junli, a spokesperson of the PLA Southern Theater Command, in a statement on Friday.

Tian said that recently, the Philippines ignored the facts and has repeatedly stigmatized, hyped and smeared China's legitimate and lawful acts of defending its rights.

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