The Chinese Embassy in Manila has once again inadvertently admitted what we have long asserted: that China is conducting illegal Marine Scientific Research (MSR) inside the Philippinesโ Exclusive Economic Zone.
In their statement, they confirm that their research vessel Xiangyanghong 33 was operating in the waters near โChinaโs Houteng Jiaoโ โ their name for Iroquois Reef, the southernmost part of …