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       Beijing and Manila continue to wage a verbal war, despite promises to reduce tension on the second shallow of Thomas.
       On Friday, November 10, 2023, the ship of the Chinese coastal guard maneuvered next to the Brp Cabra Filippine Coast Guard, approaching the second shaft of Thomas (the local name “Reef Ayungan”) during the reserves replenishment.
       China’s coast guard said yesterday that she “allowed the Philippines to evacuate a man who fell ill on board a rusting warship on a controversial shallow in the South China Sea.
       This statement was made a few hours after the Coast Guard of the Philippines reported “repeated obstacles and delays” by the Chinese coastal guard during a medical evacuation operation on the second shallow of Thomas on Sunday.
       PCG representative Jay Tarrielle reported in a social network that two PCG ships met with a hard inflatable boat (RHIB), lowered with the BRP Sierra Madre, a rusty warship that was separated in 1999 and deliberately threw aground.
       “Despite the threat from various small CCGs, PCG RHIB was able to return to the main ship of PCG without further failures. Emergency medical care was subsequently provided to the sick personnel, ”Talier said.
       Yesterday late in the evening, CCG said that she controlled the operation to medical evacuation, but allowed her to conduct “for humanitarian reasons,” the Chinese newspaper Global Times said. The statement said that this was done at the request of the Philippines.
       The representative of PCG Jay Tarriel answered X, calling China’s statement “ridiculous”. The statement “once again confirms the illegal placement of courts in our exceptional economic zone and emphasizes the point of view of their government that permission is necessary to protect human life and well -being”.
       The exchange of statements was the last confrontation between Manila and Beijing regarding the situation on the second shallow of Thomas. The second shallow of Thomas is a hill during the tide in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines, to which China claims within the framework of its minimalist “Line of nine dashes.” China seems to consider this shallow water the most vulnerable of the nine objects on the islands of Svtli occupied by the Philippines. Over the past two years, CCG vessels have made increasingly frequent and decisive attempts to prevent the Philippines to replenish the reserves of a small detachment of a marine corps deployed in the Sierra Madra, while accusing the manila of violation of past agreements, without supplying a rusty ship with transport building materials for warships. . (The Philippines deny all these statements.)
       This led to a series of dangerous incidents, during which the CCG ships rammed and fired from the water products Filipino patrol ships and supplies. The most serious occurred on June 17. In total, eight Philippine troops were injured, one of whom was seriously injured. PCG also stated that China blocked an attempt to medical evacuation on May 19.
       The other day, the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning, said that if the Philippines “notify China” in advance, they will “allow” the transportation of goods or the evacuation of staff from the Sierra-Madra mountains.
       This creates a dilemma for the Philippines, said The Inquirer Ray Powell, director of the SEALIight program at the Center for Innovation in the National Security of Stanford University.
       “The recognition of Manila that Beijing’s requirements for a preliminary notification, even in relation to the main humanitarian missions, contradict the statements of Manila about the freedom of shipping and the right to replenish the reserves of their avantosts within its exceptional economic zone,” Powell said.
       Also this week, Beijing and Beijing performed after the Ministry of Natural Resources of China reported on Monday in the report that “illegal throwing ashore” in the Sierra-Madra “seriously caused damage to the diversity, stability and stability of the ecosystem of the coral reef of Thomas An” . An angry exchange of views took place. The Filipino Working Group on the South China Sea responded a response, accusing China of “causing immeasurable damage to the marine environment and creating a threat to the natural habitat and means of the existence of thousands of Filipino fishermen.”
       The ongoing verbal war shows that, despite the obligations of both sides, to reduce tension on the second shallow of Thomas after the incident on June 17, the situation remains tense and potentially explosive.
       China’s coast guard said yesterday that she “allowed the Philippines to evacuate a man who fell ill on board a rusting warship on a controversial shallow in the South China Sea.
       This statement was made a few hours after the Coast Guard of the Philippines reported “repeated obstacles and delays” by the Chinese coastal guard during a medical evacuation operation on the second shallow of Thomas on Sunday.
       PCG representative Jay Tarrielle reported in a social network that two PCG ships met with a hard inflatable boat (RHIB), lowered with the BRP Sierra Madre, a rusty warship that was separated in 1999 and deliberately threw aground.
       “Despite the threat from various small CCGs, PCG RHIB was able to return to the main ship of PCG without further failures. Emergency medical care was subsequently provided to the sick personnel, ”said Tariela.
       Yesterday late in the evening, CCG said that she controlled the operation to medical evacuation, but allowed her to conduct “for humanitarian reasons,” the Chinese newspaper Global Times said. The statement said that this was done at the request of the Philippines.
       The representative of PCG Jay Tarriel answered X, calling China’s statement “ridiculous”. The statement “once again confirms the illegal placement of courts in our exceptional economic zone and emphasizes the point of view of their government that permission is necessary to protect human life and well -being”.
       The exchange of statements was the last confrontation between Manila and Beijing regarding the situation on the second shallow of Thomas. The second shallow of Thomas is a hill during the tide in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines, to which China claims within the framework of its minimalist “Line of nine dashes.” China seems to consider this shallow water the most vulnerable of the nine objects on the islands of Svtli occupied by the Philippines. Over the past two years, CCG vessels have made increasingly frequent and decisive attempts to prevent the Philippines to replenish the reserves of a small detachment of the marine corps deployed in the Sierra Madra, while accusing the manila of violation of past agreements, without supplying a rusty ship by building materials for the transportation of warships. . (The Philippines deny all these statements.)
       This led to a series of dangerous incidents, during which the CCG ships rammed and fired from the water products Filipino patrol ships and supplies. The most serious occurred on June 17. In total, eight Philippine troops were injured, one of whom was seriously injured. PCG also stated that China blocked an attempt to medical evacuation on May 19.
       The other day, the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning, said that if the Philippines “notify China” in advance, they will “allow” the transportation of goods or the evacuation of staff from the Sierra-Madra mountains.
       This creates a dilemma for the Philippines, said The Inquirer Ray Powell, director of the SEALIight program at the Center for Innovation in the National Security of Stanford University.
       “The recognition of Manila that Beijing’s requirements for a preliminary notification, even in relation to the main humanitarian missions, contradict the statements of Manila about the freedom of shipping and the right to replenish the reserves of their avantosts within its exceptional economic zone,” Powell said.
       Also this week, Beijing and Beijing performed after the Ministry of Natural Resources of China reported on Monday in the report that “illegal throwing ashore” in the Sierra-Madra “seriously caused damage to the diversity, stability and stability of the ecosystem of the coral reef of Thomas An” . An angry exchange of views took place. The Filipino Working Group on the South China Sea responded a response, accusing China of “causing immeasurable damage to the marine environment and creating a threat to the natural habitat and means of the existence of thousands of Filipino fishermen.”
       The ongoing verbal war shows that, despite the obligations of both sides, to reduce tension on the second shallow of Thomas after the incident on June 17, the situation remains tense and potentially explosive.
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