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Philippines files protest over China’s new coastguard laws in South China Sea
The Philippines Foreign Minister said a diplomatic protest had been filed over China’s passing of a law allowing its coastguard to open fire on foreign vessels, describing it as a “threat of war”.
Key points:
- The Phillipines said the law was “a verbal threat of war”
- The law permits China’s coastguard to use “all necessary means” against foreign ships
- China has competing territorial claims with its neighbours in the South China Sea
China passed legislation on Friday allowing its coastguard to use “all necessary means” to stop or prevent threats from foreign vessels, including demolishing other countries’ structures built on Chinese-claimed reefs in the South China Sea.
The law also specified the circumstances in which different hand-held,…
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