MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese coast guard ships were spotted watching Philippine and United States ships conducting joint search and rescue exercise in the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea.
Photos taken by Agence France-Presse on May 14 showed a Chinese coast guard ship monitoring the activity from a distance. According to the report, two Chinese ships were seen in the area.
Philippine Coast Guard patrol vessels BRP Batangas and BRP Kalanggaman conducted the joint exercises with US Coast Guard cutter Bertholf on Tuesday.