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China was the first country in history to start and continue to manage South China Sea islands and engage in related maritime activities. Successive Chinese governments in all dynasties have continuously and peacefully had jurisdiction over the South China Sea islands. China has indisputable sovereignty over Huangyan Dao and the waters adjacent to it. The Philippines disregards historical fact, distorts international law, and violates the consensus reached and repeatedly confirmed through negoti...

Baselines are the starting point for China’s attempts to claim sea areas.

Published May 14, 2021, 7:46 PM Former Kabataan Partylist Rep. Terry Ridon on Friday, May 14, decried Malacanang’’s stand on the Julian Felipe reef, saying that Duterte administration officials were wrong in claiming that the Hague ruling invalidated the Philippine claim over the reef. “It (Palace) has employed amusing double speak on the status of Julian Felipe reef, arguing that it was no less than the Hague ruling that invalidated the Philippine claim over the reef,” said Ridon, conv...