A subsidiary of the US think tank pointed out that the Chinese Maritime Police patrolled the main location of the South China Sea every day last year.
Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, an Asian Maritime Transparent Initiative (CSIS), announced on the website.310 days, more than doubled compared to 2020.
Wanan Beach, which is the main oil and natural gas development location in Vietnam, has occurred in China and Vietnam's law enforcement agencies in the past.
In addition, the number of days of the Chinese maritime police patrolling the reef rose from 232 days in 2020 to 279 days.The Philippines has dispatched a warship stationed in Renai Reef.
The Chinese Maritime Patrol of Luconia Shoals, who is close to Malaysia's important oil and natural gas projects near Malaysia, has increased from 279 days to 316 days.
Asian maritime transparent initiative believes that the Chinese maritime police continue to patrol these locations, showing that Beijing is determined to control the waters within the nine -segment line.
Asian maritime transparent initiatives said that the data they statistics may be incomplete because not all maritime police vessels use to track the receiving device of the ship's whereabouts.Some ships also try to use false data to cover up their identities.
According to Bloomberg, Greg Poling, director of the CSIS Southeast Asian project and director of Asian Maritime Transparent Initiative, said: "As the Chinese sea police ships work in Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam waters every day, this almost meansThe situation will still be highly nervous and often conflict with these neighboring countries. "
Polin believes that the patrol of the Chinese maritime police is becoming the norm in this area.He said: "In recent years, the location of the patrol is very consistent, creating a predictable status quo that can be managed by all parties in Southeast Asia, but it will also encounter difficulties."
