Philippines’ provocations will avail it nothing

In a statement issued on Friday, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Southern Theater Command urged Manila to immediately stop provoking incidents in the South China Sea.

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Spokesman Tian Junli made the remark in a news release after multiple Philippine light aircraft illegally intruded into the airspace of China's Huangyan Island.

The Chinese navy and air force conducted tracking, monitoring, warning and resolute expulsion of the intruding Philippine aircraft in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

On the same day, the China Coast Guard condemned the Philippines for its provocative behavior under the pretence of "fishing" in waters off China's Xianbin Reef after it was forced to take necessary control measures in accordance with the law and relevant rules to drive intruding Philippine vessels away. Both Huangyan Island and Xianbin Reef are China's inherent territory, and the country will firmly safeguard national sovereignty and security no matter what farces Manila tries to play and how hard it attempts to portray itself as the victim.