China Defense Ministry: Philippine ‘playing victim’ won’t change provocation

TREE NEWS update: China’s Ministry of National Defense said the Philippines cannot change the nature of its provocation by ‘playing victim,’ after a Philippine vessel deliberately altered course and accelerated across the bow of a China Coast Guard ship near Xianbin Jiao in the Nansha Islands. Spokesperson Senior Colonel Jiang Bin said the facts are clear and the evidence solid, and that China will continue taking effective measures to defend its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights.