Scenario description
Assume that on or before the resolution date, a Chinese research or survey vessel conducts or attempts renewed operations without publicly reported Philippine consent in the Luzon Strait area northwest of Itbayat or comparable northern Philippine EEZ waters, and the activity is reported to continue, complete, or remain unresolved despite Philippine objections or monitoring, without a reported Philippine operational interdiction that prevents it by the cutoff. The initiating event is renewed unauthorized vessel activity after the reported Jia Hai Ke 7 departure episode. The geography is the northern Philippine EEZ around the Luzon Strait, including waters near Itbayat and undersea cable corridors if reported. The known magnitude is limited to the reported vessel presence or survey/research activity; exact equipment, duration, data collected, cable-corridor proximity, support vessels, and the degree of Philippine monitoring or protest remain unavailable unless stated in the resolving report.