CHINA'S COAST GUARD NO LONGER PATROLLING THE SCARBOUROUGH SHOAL AS THE JULY 12TH HAGUE DECISION HAS MADE CHINA TO RECONSIDER THE PHILIPPINES RIGHTS TO FISH IN THE SOUTH SEA BY CHINA'S ADMISSION OF ALLOWANCE BUT NOT BY THE LEGAL ADMISSION - AS DUTERTE BEIJING VISIT MAY HAVE PUSHED THE ASIAN COUNTRY TOWARDS THE EMPIRE OF CHINA INSTEAD OF THE WEST REPUBLIC

Chinese ships are no longer at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea and Philippine boats can resume fishing, the Philippine defense minister said on Friday, calling the Chinese departure a “welcome development.”
Philippine fishermen can access the shoal unimpeded for the first time in four years, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said, capping off a startling turnaround in ties since his country rattled China by challenging its maritime claims at an international tribunal.
The departure of the Chinese coast guard ships comes after President Rodrigo Duterte’s high-profile visit to Beijing and his repeated requests for China to end its blockade of the shoal, a tranquil lagoon rich in fish stocks.
“Since three days ago there are no longer Chinese ships, coast guard or navy, in the Scarborough area,” Lorenzana told reporters.
“If the Chinese ships have left, then it means our fishermen can resume fishing in the area.”
Though the Scarborough Shoal is comprised of only a few rocks poking above the sea some 124 nautical miles off the Philippine mainland, it is symbolic of Manila’s efforts to assert its maritime sovereignty claims.

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