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The Chinese Embassy in Manila defended Beijing’s placement of three buoys in the West Philippines Sea (WPS) as “an act exercising its sovereignty,” two weeks after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) undertook a similar step in the WPS.
The embassy’s statement amplified the May 24 announcement by the Chinese Ministry of Transport that buoys had been deployed at the Juan Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, Balagtas (Irving) Reef and Burgos (Gaven) Reef, which are all within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
