The two Chinese warships not only docked at Ream Naval Base but also conducted patrols in the Gulf of Thailand from there, according to my data.
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Germany, France and other European countries are deploying ships and aircraft to the Pacific at an unprecedented scale, joining Japan and the U.S. on exercises in the South China Sea.
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0.99m📷 from 5 May 2024. Not busy at all but you also don't often see a Type 55 Destroyer alongside (Renhai Class)

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For the first time, three research vessels from China were spotted off Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Navy said on Tuesday.
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Yesterday, the Philippine Coast Guard vessel, BRP BAGACAY (MRRV-4410), and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessel, BRP BANKAW (MMOV-3004), were assigned to carry out a legitimate maritime patrol in the waters near Bajo De Masinloc. The primary objective of this…

🇨🇳 #China Coast Guard 3305, which has been AIS-dark since 21 April, has deployed its water cannon against 🇵🇭 #Philippines ' Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources vessel BRP Datu Bankaw near Scarborough Shoal.👇 x.com/PTVph/status/1…

An 8-member team within the US State Department known informally as 'the firm' is providing advice to other nations on how to prepare for or mitigate economic pressure from China bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16) spotted a Chinese vessel near the vicinity where the participating ships of the Balikatan Exercises 2024 sails through.

It was identified as a Dongdiao AGI-II (793) Type Spy and Surveillance ship of the People's Liberation Army-Navy.

Manila Standard

Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has resigned days after his assistant was held in relation to a corruption probe, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

The exercise does not target any country.

Scarborough Shoal has been crowded with 🇨🇳 #China Coast Guard & maritime militia for weeks. Today I'm tracking 2 more CCG ships arriving, 4301 & 4106, in addition to 3105 & 3106 already in the area. Also 14 large Qiong Sansha Yu militia there on the eve of 🇵🇭🇺🇸Exercise Balikatan.

Another political quake in Vietnam as a longtime assistant to the National Assembly chairman gets arrested. I've seen this movie before.

Republic of China Navy Cheng Kung-class frigate ROCS Chang Chien confronted PLAN Type 052D destroyer Lishui near Penghu earlier this morning.

(Taiwan ADIZ)

Since yesterday and continuing until now, the China Coast Guard vessel 5303 has persistently engaged in provocative actions and illegal monitoring of our ongoing hydrographic survey, which is situated 110.46 nautical miles northwest off Bolinao, Pangasinan. Although they have not…

Satellite image shows China Coast Guard 5303 shadowing the Philippine survey ship BRP H Ventura and BRP Gabriella Silang in the Philippines' EEZ in the South China Sea.

🇵🇭SCARBOROUGH SHOAL🇵🇭
Add another item to the list. 🛰️📷 indicates 'rafting' groups on the west side of Scarborough Shoal (6/7 April). 3x rafted groups totalling 13 🇨🇳Maritime Militia vessels.

Also, potential 🇨🇳PLAN patrol on the south side (Type 52 & Type 34: not 100% on ID).

When President Obama drew a red line at dredging on Scarborough Shoal in talks with Xi Jinping in 2016, it probably prevented imminent dredging there. When the U.S. draws a clear red line at the presidential level, the PRC tends to take notice. But it is not without risk.

China will conduct military “combat patrols” on April 7 in the disputed South China Sea, a statement from the army said, the same day as joint drills by the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia take place.
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