China's SCS Strategy Thread

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"The Watch, an open source X account,

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of the two Maritime Security Administration ships alongside several China Coast Guard cutters at Scarborough. Beijing has bolstered its presence at the maritime feature following a collision between its military and security forces in August. Since then, Chinese, Philippine and American forces have swarmed the shoal."

That X account has a mistake. MSA is Maritime Safety Administration, not Maritime Security Administration. I don't know the error was intended or otherwise, but the word "Security" is much more aggresive than "Safety".

CCG is maritime equivalent of PAP, while MSA is more like martime version of civilian/traffic police and that of municipal/city hall administrative and enforcement agency.

Presence of MSA could posssibily be due to the new designation of the place as marine reserve in September this year, which would place it under the administration of MSA.