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2020-03-23 | BY SCSPI
Recently, the SCSPI has released several reports on Vietnamese fishing vessels, indicating that hundreds of them are intruding into the waters around Hainan Island, about which some experts especially Vietnamese colleagues have different opinions. We hereby make such following formal responses.
2020-03-11 | BY Jiang Yanchuan
On March 5, AMTI claims that the almost constant presence of China’s militia fishing vessels around Thitu Island is stoking up the “Thitu Island Crisis” again, whose assertion turns out to be a far cry from the real statistics.
2020-03-04 | BY SCSPI
In February 2020, a total of 311 Vietnamese vessels intruded into internal waters, territorial seas, and exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of Guangxi, Hainan, and Guangdong provinces and conducted IUU fishing and close-range reconnaissance.
2020-02-03 | BY SCSPI
From January 19 to 31 of 2020, a total of 34 Vietnamese fishing vessels intruded into China’s internal waters, territorial seas and EEZs near the Hainan Island, and most of which were found within 12 nm of the Island. Generally, such activities of the Vietnamese fishing vessels can bring risks in two aspects.
2020-01-30 | BY SCSPI
On January 25, Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery (LCS-8) conducted the first FONOP in the South China Sea in 2020. The closest it approached Fiery Cross Reef was reckoned at 8.5 nautical miles.