菲律賓抗議北京在南海的“挑釁行為”

Recently Yahoo News on-line reported the following:

Philippines protests Beijing's 'provocative acts' in South China Sea

Wed., October 20, 2021, 7:55 a.m.

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has issued a diplomatic protest over Chinese vessels challenging its ships patrolling the South China Sea with sirens, horns and radio communications, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Tensions between Manila and Beijing have been simmering for years in the strategic waterway where both countries have territorial claims.

"These provocative acts threaten the peace, good order, and security of the South China Sea and run contrary to China's obligations under international law," the foreign ministry said on Twitter.

The ministry said on Wednesday more than 200 such challenges took place while the Philippines was conducting routine patrols over and around its territory and maritime zones. It did not specify over what time period the challenges took place.

The Chinese embassy in Manila did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of business hours.

China claims sovereignty over vast swathes of the South China Sea, but Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have lodged competing claims for some or all of the islands.

In 2016, an international tribunal invalidated China's expansive claim in the strategic waterway where about $3 trillion worth of ship-borne trade passes annually.

But President Rodrigo Duterte shelved the favorable ruling and pursued a rapprochement with Beijing in exchange for pledges of billions of dollars of loans, aid and investment, much of which have yet to materialize.

Since Duterte took office in June 2016, the Philippines has filed more than 80 diplomatic protests against China.

 (Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by John Geddie and Sandra Maler)

Translation

馬尼拉（路透社）- 菲律賓外交部周三表示，菲律賓已就中國船隻用警報器、喇叭和無線電通信挑戰其在南海巡邏的船隻發出外交抗議。

馬尼拉和北京之間, 多年來一直在兩國都有領土主張的戰略水道上醞釀緊張局勢。

外交部在推特上說：“這些挑釁行為威脅南海的和平、良好秩序和安全，根據國際法中國違背要承擔的義務。”

該部周三表示，在菲律賓在其領土和海域及其周圍進行例行巡邏時，發生了 200 多次此類挑戰。它沒有具體說明挑戰發生的時段。

中國駐馬尼拉大使館在工作時間以外沒有立即回應置評請求。

中國聲稱對南中國海的大片海域擁有主權，但文萊、馬來西亞、菲律賓、台灣和越南也對部分或全部島嶼提出了相互競爭的聲稱。

2016 年，一個國際法庭宣布中國在戰略航道上的廣泛擁有主張無效，每年通過該航道的船運貿易價值約 3 萬億美元。

但總統羅德里戈·杜特爾特擱置了有利裁決，並尋求與北京和解，以換取數十億美元的貸款、援助和投資承諾，其中大部分尚未兌現。

自杜特爾特2016年6月上任以來，菲律賓已對中國提出80多次外交抗議。

So, the Philippines has issued a diplomatic protest over Chinese vessels that are challenging its ships patrolling the South China Sea. It is one of the many protests made by the Philippines to China in recent years. Tension between these two countries will probably continue and become a new normal.