Hong Kong-based outlet with close access to Chinese official and business sources; frames Beijing's June 29 statement as a legally grounded reassertion of China's nine-dash line position timed for the PCA anniversary, and contextualises the vessel count as routine monitoring rather than an escalation
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South China Morning Post · Hong Kong · AFP logs 44 Chinese vessels in West Philippine Sea in one week, DND brands Beijing 'insincere' on PCA ruling
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