China's southernmost province of Hainan on Saturday began issuing marine environment forecasts for Huangyan Island in the South China Sea.
Chinese government ships have left the lagoon but remain in waters of the Huangyan Island to provide services to the Chinese fishermen there, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
Chinese administrative ships are still keeping watch over waters near Huangyan Island according to law enforcement needs, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Tuesday.
China and the Philippines have repositioned some ships stationed near Huangyan Island, easing tensions that have escalated since April, AFP reported yesterday.
China has strengthened controls in the Huangyan Island waters in response to the provocative actions of the Philippines, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Wednesday.
China’s foreign ministry said yesterday that China has strengthened the management of Huangyan Island in response to recent “provocative activities” by the Philippines, and some 20 fishing boats are now working in the area.
Analysts Monday welcomed Russia's call for unrelated countries not to interfere in the South China Sea row amid a simmering standoff between Chinese and Philippine fishing boats near Huangyan Island that has lasted over a month.
The three-day ASEAN-US meeting kicked off Sunday in Manila, where officials from the US and ASEAN will meet amid a standoff between China and the Philippines over Huangyan Island, AFP reported.
China said Friday that it would remain on “high alert” around Huangyan Island in the South China Sea to prevent provocations after Philippine President Benigno Aquino III stopped a group of about 20 Philippine protesters from landing on the shoal.
The Chinese people are enraged by the offensive behavior of the Philippines over the Huangyan Island dispute, expressing full support to the efforts made by the Chinese government for safeguarding its territorial sovereignty.
The PLA Daily, the official newspaper of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China, on Thursday warned the Philippines about the Huangyan Island incident, saying the country's armed forces will not allow anyone to take the sovereignty of the island away from China.
China's Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying said China is not optimistic about the situation concerning Huangyan Island, and the country is fully prepared to respond to anything the Philippine side does to escalate the situation.
Chinese experts said the Philippines’ recent move to rename a Chinese island involved in a month-long territorial spat is apparently aimed at asserting its claim over the area.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin Thursday warned the Philippines not to complicate the South Philippine media reported Thursday that more Chinese ships arrived at Huangyan Island in the South China Sea, where a standoff started after a Philippine warship tried to warn off Chinese fishermen but was stopped by Chinese surveillance ships last month.
The Philippines’ sovereignty claim over Huangyan Island is "illegal" and against the basic principles of international relations, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said on Friday.
China rejects Philippines claim over Huangyan Island
China is de-escalating the situation in Huangyan Island in South China Sea by withdrawing two law enforcement vessels, Zhang Hua, spokesman of Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said on Monday.
The Philippines recently sent a warship to harass 12 Chinese fishing vessels which sailed into the waters of Huangyan Island to shelter from bad weather.