MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines should not fall for the deception that China is trying to pull off in the West Philippine Sea through the gray zone campaign, to carry out illegal territorial expansion in the area, security experts said on Wednesday (June 23).
China’s coast guard and militia vessels are at the forefront of enforcing Beijing’s baseless claims in the South China Sea. Because these actions on the surface technically don’t merit conventional military response, the China government strategy to grab territory has been classified as “gray zone.”
Coast guards, or “white hulls,” are civilian in nature, and are generally employed to enforce maritime law. The use of gray…
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