DESPITE China "shadowing," the Philippine-Australia joint patrol in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) was a success, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said on Monday.
While there was no direct confrontation, Brawner said two Chinese jet fighters encircled a Philippine Air Force Tucano fighter plane for five minutes, and a People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy ship shadowed a Philippine Navy vessel on the second day of the joint patrols.
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