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FILE - In this March 29, 2014, file photo, China Coast Guard vessel attempts to block a Philippine government vessel as the latter tries to enter the China Second Thomas Disputed Shoals, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, to orate Philippine troops and resupply provisions. A senior U.S. defense official says the presence of large numbers of Chinese ships near islands and islets occupied by the Philippines is “a concern.” Joseph Felter, deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia, said Friday that the Chinese activities were “somewhat aggressive and provocative.” (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

US envoy says China activities near Philippines ‘of concern’

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

In this photo taken March 29, 2014, a Chinese Coast Guard ship attempts to block a Philippine government vessel as the latter tries to enter Second Thomas Shoal to relieve Philippine troops and resupply provisions. The Philippine government publicly protested on Thursday the swarming of Chinese flotillas near islands and islets occupied by Filipinos in the disputed South China Sea as illegal and vowed to continue confronting such actions by China's fishermen or military with &quot;appropriate action.&quot; (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Philippines issues strongly worded rebuke vs China flotillas

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this Friday, April 21, 2017 photo, engineers from NAMRIA, the central mapping agency of the Philippine Government, survey the area around the Philippine-claimed Thitu Island with a sandbar sitting on the horizon off the disputed South China Sea in western Philippines. On Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, two Filipino security officials said China has deployed its navy and coast guard ships in a cluster of uninhabited sandbars in the disputed South China Sea amid concerns that the Philippines may build structures on them in an emerging territorial issue that the government stated was quickly resolved. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Filipino officials: Chinese navy stalked Philippine area

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press