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China has lodged a diplomatic protest against the “illegal anchoring” of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship BRP Teresa Magbanua at the Escoda (Sabina) Shoal as it “seriously infringes on China’s sovereignty.”
In remarks posted on the website of China’s embassy in Manila on Friday, its foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian asserted that the shoal, which the Chinese call Xianbin Jiao, is part of China’s Nansha Qundao, which the rest of the world calls Spratly Islands.
