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our reporter bai bo

at about 14:00 on september 14, the philippine coast guard ship no. 9701, which had been illegally staying at china's xianbin reef since april 17, evacuated the xianbin reef lagoon. on september 15, liu dejun, a spokesperson for the china coast guard, said that china has indisputable sovereignty over the nansha islands, including xianbin reef, and its surrounding waters. the china coast guard will continue to carry out rights protection and law enforcement activities in the waters under china's jurisdiction in accordance with the law, and resolutely safeguard the country's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.

after occupying xianbin reef for nearly five months, why did the philippine coast guard ship slip away?

insufficient supplies and loss of confidence

since april 17, the philippine coast guard ship 9701 has been seeking to maintain a long-term presence in china's xianbin reef by anchoring, attempting to occupy china's territorial waters. during this period, china has taken control measures on ship 9701 in accordance with the law, and the philippines' repeated attempts to organize forced replenishment have all failed.

military expert zhang junshe told our reporter that the philippines has repeatedly forced the 9701 ship to transport supplies, but has been firmly resisted by china and ended in failure. recently, it has also adopted helicopter airdrops to provide supplies. however, the philippines has realized that it cannot achieve the goal of forcibly transporting supplies to the 9701 ship that illegally stayed in xianbin reef with its own strength. the 9701 is a large coast guard ship, and it evacuated when the supplies were about to run out.