President Duterte allowed the Chinese to fish in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. A “verbal agreement” with President Xi Jinping was made in 2016. Duterte disclosed it only in 2019. That was after a Chinese steel-hulled fisheries militia trawler rammed an anchored Filipino wooden boat in the EEZ.

Bondoc, J. (2021, April 30). How much will China fish under Duterte deal, Carpio. The Philippine Star, p. 9.