The southern theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army conducts routine patrols in the South China Sea

On February 5th, Senior Colonel Tian Junli, spokesperson for the Southern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, said that on February 5th, the Southern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army conducted a routine patrol in the South China Sea. The Philippines has co-opted the so-called "joint patrols" organized by countries outside the region to create destabilizing factors in the South China Sea, endorse its illegal claims in the South China Sea, and erode China's legitimate maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea. The troops in the theater continue to maintain a high degree of alert and resolutely defend the country's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. Any military activities that disrupt the South China Sea are under control.