Several Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels have been deployed to Huangyan Island for the first time since Chinese vessels and PCG ships faced off in the South China Sea rock formation for two weeks in mid-2012, reported Philippine Daily Inquirer.
China on Thursday slammed a Philippine move aimed at claiming the Huangyan Islands in the South China Sea, saying it was groundless and made no sense.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Wednesday reiterated that China has undisputed sovereignty over the Huangyan Islands and neighboring sea.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei Wednesday rejected Philippine allegations that China had laid concrete blocks on Huangyan Island, saying, “What the Philippine side said is not true.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Wednesday rejected the Philippine accusations that China has begun fortifying Huangyan Island, saying "what the Philippine side said is not true."
A source with the Malaysian military told the Global Times Thursday the US is sending a large naval force to a joint exercise near Huangyan Island in the South China Sea to be held next week.
The current situation around the Huangyan Islands has remained stable and China hopes there are no more conflicts concerning the issue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Monday.
A China Foreign Ministry spokesman on Thursday responded to latest comments from the Philippine side on ongoing disputes between the two countries over the South China Sea by saying they should properly solve these issues through diplomatic channels.
China's southernmost province of Hainan on Saturday began issuing marine environment forecasts for Huangyan Island in the South China Sea.
Chinese government ships have left the lagoon but remain in waters of the Huangyan Island to provide services to the Chinese fishermen there, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
Chinese administrative ships are still keeping watch over waters near Huangyan Island according to law enforcement needs, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Tuesday.
China and the Philippines have repositioned some ships stationed near Huangyan Island, easing tensions that have escalated since April, AFP reported yesterday.
China has strengthened controls in the Huangyan Island waters in response to the provocative actions of the Philippines, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Wednesday.
China’s foreign ministry said yesterday that China has strengthened the management of Huangyan Island in response to recent “provocative activities” by the Philippines, and some 20 fishing boats are now working in the area.
Analysts Monday welcomed Russia's call for unrelated countries not to interfere in the South China Sea row amid a simmering standoff between Chinese and Philippine fishing boats near Huangyan Island that has lasted over a month.
The three-day ASEAN-US meeting kicked off Sunday in Manila, where officials from the US and ASEAN will meet amid a standoff between China and the Philippines over Huangyan Island, AFP reported.
China said Friday that it would remain on “high alert” around Huangyan Island in the South China Sea to prevent provocations after Philippine President Benigno Aquino III stopped a group of about 20 Philippine protesters from landing on the shoal.
The Chinese people are enraged by the offensive behavior of the Philippines over the Huangyan Island dispute, expressing full support to the efforts made by the Chinese government for safeguarding its territorial sovereignty.