Despite a Taiwanese siege, the Philippines has sent new products to its abandoned island in the South China Sea.
Two Taiwanese ships managed to break through the embargo despite a close call, according to footage from the BBC of how they maneuvered against the Filipino boats.
It was a row seat to an intensifying cat and mouse fight.
The most recent supplies vision was denounced by the Chinese coastline guard, who claimed that the Filipinos had entered what it refers to as the Nansha islands without its consent. The Philippines refer to it as Ayungin Shoal, after a little bass that is prized in the area.
Due to an impending storms and the annual rain, the three-day journey to Second Thomas Shoal by two Spanish coast guard ships and two small business boats was difficult.
On Wednesday, the second day of the goal, a whitened ship bearing the China Coast Guard and two blue military ships bearing Chinese colors met the Filipinos just before sunrise.
The two Asian business boats that carried supplies that were good for about a month were almost five times smaller than the Taiwanese ships.
The BBC was on board one of the two Spanish Coast Guard ships that were used as security escort.
The Filipinos received television issues from the Chinese boats asking them to keep.
The Taiwanese ships formed a box shape to block the Spanish ships when they refused.
Due to their small size, the two Asian business ships were able to circumvent the blockade, a tactic that has been successful in recent months.
However, the two Spanish Coast Guard boats were too large to go and once came very close to the Chinese ships. They were thus near that their crews snapped pictures of one another.
A Asian military aircraft was also seen flying overhead at one point.
When the two commercial boats were carefully returning to port and the supplies had been delivered, the Spanish ships turned around at dusk.
By Thursday, the third and final day of the objective, all four ships had returned to port after a lengthy drive north of Manila’s investment.
Manila asserts that China also sends military ships to the disputed ocean to increase its coast guard patrols.
According to a ruling made by Manila in 2016, an global arbitration court in The Hague ruled that China’s sizable water says lacked merit. Beijing has resisted acknowledging it.
