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Southern Theater Command Spokesperson, Naval Senior Captain Zhai Shichen, Issues Statement

Source-stated date: · PLA Daily (解放军报)

南部战区新闻发言人翟士臣海军大校发表谈话

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  1. Published26 August 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
  2. Collected2026-08-26 13:36:50 UTC, run 122
  3. Machine readingAnalyzed
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Southern Theater Command spokesperson Senior Captain Zhai Shichen announced that PLA naval and air forces conducted routine patrols in the South China Sea from August 21–25, framing the operation as a response to Philippine-organized "joint patrols" with "extra-regional countries" — a formulation that targets U.S. and allied participation without naming them. The statement's use of 坚决 (resolutely) in the commitment to defend sovereignty fits the Theater Command's established pattern of issuing declaratory warnings timed to Philippine resupply or patrol activity, though the article does not specify which platforms were involved or the patrol's geographic scope.

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南部战区新闻发言人翟士臣海军大校表示，8月21日至25日，中国人民解放军南部战区组织海空力量位南海海域进行例行巡航。菲律宾拉拢域外国家搅局南海，组织所谓“联合巡航”，破坏地区和平稳定。战区部队将坚决捍卫国家领土主权和海洋权益，坚定维护地区和平稳定。

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DeskChina Desk
Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
Source languagezh-Hans — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-08-26
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16481379.html
Collected at2026-08-26 13:36:50 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprintd709a6875d08a85e456ad5c450dcd45ed33bd54f0cdff1478f9aaadaa5c8e48e — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run122
Analysis modelclaude-sonnet-4-6
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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "南部战区新闻发言人翟士臣海军大校发表谈话." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-26. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16481379.html.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, Research Atlas corpus, Record 3559, Snapshot — 2026-10-15 (873 records).

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