CCG vows no letup in maritime patrol

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THE China Coast Guard (CCG) vowed on Saturday to continue carrying out law enforcement activities in Ayungin or Second Thomas Shoal, which it maintains is part of Nansha Islands, a day after Chinese and Philippine vessels nearly collided in disputed waters. In a statement shared by the Chinese Embassy in Manila on Saturday, October 7, Gan Yu, the spokesman for China Coast Guard, said that on October 4, two supply ships and two coast guard vessels from the Philippines intruded into the "adjacent waters of Ren'ai Reef in China's Nansha Islands without the permission of the Chinese government." This photo...