The coastguard of the Philippines urged the country's fishermen on Wednesday to keep operating at the disputed Scarborough Shoal and other sites in the South China Sea, pledging to step up patrols there despite an imposing Chinese presence.
China's response has been measured, with its foreign ministry advising Manila on Tuesday toDefence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said the Philippines' cutting of the cordon was not a provocation.
The rocky, mid-sea outcrop is the site of numerous diplomatic rows. Both countries claim sovereignty over the shoal, a prime fishing spot about 200 km off the Philippines and 850 km from mainland China and its southern island of Hainan. Those claims complicate fisheries and offshore oil and gas activities by its Southeast Asian neighbours, however.
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