Thirty Chinese navy and coast guard vessels were detected across multiple contested South China Sea features, according to Philippine Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad. China deployed its largest force near Scarborough Shoal, with more ships at Second Thomas Shoal, Thitu Island, and Sabina Shoal—territories occupied by the Philippines—highlighting Beijing’s increasingly coercive maritime posture.

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