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This photo taken on Feb.16, 2024 shows Chinese coast guard personnel aboard their rigid hull inflatable boat (L) closely trailing another vessel (R) operated by Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources personnel from the BRP Datu Tamblot as they try to enter the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal (background), in disputed waters of the South China Sea.
Ted Aljibe | Afp | Getty Images
The Philippines, which last week deployed a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, or BFAR, vessel to patrol the shoal and transport fuel to Filipino fishermen in the area, said that China’s claims were “inaccurate” and that Manila’s…