Two China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels, one of them the biggest in its fleet, were once again spotted near waters where a search and rescue exercise between Filipino and American troops was conducted on Friday and Saturday. Based on ship tracking data, the ships had been staying outside the country’s territorial seas, but still within the 200-nautical mile (370-kilometer) exclusive economic zone since Wednesday, amid a joint drill between the Philippine and US Coast Guards 40 miles off Luzon Point in Mariveles, Bataan.

Mangosing, F. (2022, September 5). Chinese ships again within sight of PH-US exercises. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A2.