MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has protested the Chinese regime’s deployment of what Manila describes as a floating “structure” with personnel on a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, fearing it could be a part of Beijing’s effort to turn the uninhabited atoll into an island base, Philippine officials said Tuesday.
The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs said, without elaborating, that it lodged a protest over the Chinese regime’s latest action on the Scarborough Shoal, which was spotted by the Philippine military and coast guard.
The Chinese regime dismissed Manila’s concern and reiterated that it has “indisputable sovereignty” over the shoal and adjacent waters, without responding or offering any details to the Philippine officials….
Manila Protests Beijing’s Floating ‘Structure’ in South China Sea
