00:00U.S. Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio has a heavy message for China.
00:05Stop the chaos in Taiwan and the Philippines.
00:08As Rubio said, the only way to stay in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines is through the China's monster ship.
00:15J.P. Soriano is on the line.
00:21The Philippine Coast Guard has been monitoring the China Coast Guard's monster ship for almost two weeks.
00:27Yesterday, BRP Gabriela Silang once again broadcasted this message.
00:30China Coast Guard Vessel 5901, this is Philippine Coast Guard Vessel BRP Gabriela Silang.
00:39You do not possess any legal authority to patrol inside the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.
00:47You are directed to depart immediately and notify us of your intention.
00:52The China Coast Guard responded.
00:55This is China Coast Guard Vessel 5901.
01:00I'm performing law enforcement duties on the jurisdictional waters of the People's Republic of China.
01:07In the midst of the chaos, the China Coast Guard patrols inside the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.
01:16The so-called words against China were heavy when the next US Secretary of State, Senator Mark Rubio,
01:25in his confirmation hearing in the US Senate, called Rubio a harassment by China.
01:32There's this massive, I don't even know how to describe it, but this massive ship that the Chinese have built
01:36that's like headed towards the Philippines and the Philippines feels threatened by it, rightfully so.
01:41We've seen this on a daily basis with the harassment and so forth, but on a daily basis.
01:48The actions they are taking now are deeply destabilizing.
01:51They are forcing us to take counteractions because we have commitments to the Philippines
01:55and we have commitments to Taiwan that we intend to keep.
01:59We really need to stop messing around with Taiwan and with the Philippines
02:02because it's forcing us to focus our attention in ways we prefer not to have to.
02:08Rubio is one of the strong supporters of the Mutual Defense Treaty, or MDT, of the United States and the Philippines.
02:16The leads of PRC is the most potent and dangerous near-peer adversary this nation has ever confronted.
02:24They have elements that the Soviet Union never possessed.
02:26They lied about not militarizing and populating island chains in the South China Sea and the like.
02:31Meanwhile, the Philippine Navy is conducting a unilateral exercise
02:36in the Bajo de Masinlok area today.
02:41The Navy is trying to distance itself from the use of modern weapons.
02:45The ships of BRP Antonio Luna and the Del Pilar-class patrol vessels
02:51of BRP Ramon Alcaraz and BRP Andres Bonifacio.
02:55For GMA Integrated News, J.P. Soriano.
02:59Tune in 24 hours.
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