3 China Coast Guard ships on 'unusual track' off Batanes, expert notes

3 China Coast Guard ships on 'unusual track' off Batanes, expert notes

FILE PHOTO: China Coast Guard’s 3301 off Zambales. PHOTO FROM THE PCG Three China Coast Guard (CCG) ships were monitored in the waters off Batanes province as they took what a maritime security expert considered a “very unusual track”. As of 7:44 a.m. Thursday, CCG ships with hull numbers 3301 and 3304 were spotted passing through the Bashi Channel while another CCG ship with hull number 4304 appeared to be on patrol 70 nautical miles northwest …