PCG thanks China for aiding Pinoy fisher, but asks why warship in EEZA screengrab from the video shared by the Chinese Embassy in Manila shows troops from the People's Liberation Army Navy giving bottled water to a Filipino fisherman, Dec. 25, 2025. The embassy also shared video footage of the interaction between the Chinese troops and the Filipino fisherman, taken from the small boat dispatched to assist him. The fisherman, according to the PCG, became frightened when the Chinese warship dispatched a rigid-hulled inflatable boat. He said the incident should not be exploited to advance China’s claims in the South China Sea. One of the more hazardous actions by Chinese vessels took place earlier in August after a CCG cutter accidentally collided with a Chinese warship near Scarborough Shoal while the CCG ship was pursuing a PCG vessel.
