A 135 meter Chinese Coast Guard ship was spotted some
60 nautical miles West of Lubang island in Occidental Mindoro
on Sunday afternoon,
July 14. In a post on ex W Philippine sea
monitor Ray Powell says China Coast Guard 5303 was spotted
West of Lubang island around 4:20 PM on Sunday,
conducting what he called an intrusive patrol.
Lubang island is located within the immediate waters of the
Luzon landmass,
about 300 kilometers SE across Scarborough Shoal within the country's.
Economic Zone Powell is the director of Sea Lite,
a program at Stanford University's Gordian Knotts Center for National
Security Innovation that tracks Chinese activities in the West Philippine
Sea.
On July 7, Powell revealed that a 102 meter long
Chinese Coast Guard ship,
along with at least six maritime militia vessels,
reportedly intercepted 2 Philippine Coast Guard boats near a Union
Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
Powell also reported on July 3 that the China Coast
Guard's biggest vessel,
dubbed the Monster Ship, returned to the.
Philippine Sea Amid ongoing talks between Manila and Beijing,
the monster ship returned after leaving the country's exclusive economic
zone on June 27.