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    • Convert Pag-asa into a tourist resort 

      Dulay, Dodo (The Manila Times, April 23, 2019, on page A5)
      Since the Chinese are profiting from the natural resources within our exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea by mass harvesting giant clams in Scarborough Shoal and in some instances, off the shores of ...
    • Inventor of China's nine-dash line 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 30, 2020, on page A6)
      The root cause of the South China Sea dispute is China’s nine-dash line that appears in the 1947 map invented by the Kuomintang Party, which controlled the Chinese government at that time. The 1947 map is titled “Location ...
    • PH supports US patrols in South China Sea 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 29, 2015, on page -A17)
      The Philippines on Wednesday said US patrols in the South China Sea were necessary to check China’s “illegal, unilateral and expansive” claims in the heavily disputed waterway. “The Philippines reiterates its previous ...
    • Sea row off APEC agenda 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, November 11, 2015, on page A1-A2)
      A bitter maritime dispute between China and the Philippines over reefs and islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) will not be discussed during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit next ...
    • South China Sea? for Beijing, Taiwan is no. 1 security issue 

      Blanchard, Ben; Hung, Faith (Malaya, January 18, 2016, on page B4-B5)
      Defeated Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. China claims Taiwan as its sacred territory, is estimated by Taiwan to aim hundreds of missiles at the island over a narrow stretch ...
    • Taiwan formula may settle sea dispute 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, April 23, 2015, on page A1-A2)
      A Taiwanese official has called for a peaceful settlement of maritime disputes in the South China Sea(West Philippine Sea). Joseph S. C. Hua, director-general of Taiwan's Department of Culture and Educational Affairs at ...
    • Taiwan pledges more patrols in disputed sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, September 7, 2012, on page B4)
      Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou pledged to dispatch more coastguard vessels to the disputed water in the East China Sea, a move that could fuel simmering tensions in the area. Ma told the coastguards to protect domestic ...
    • Taiwan president flies to disputed island in South China Sea 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 29, 2016, on page 13)
      The Taiwanese Defense Ministry told Reuters that Ma had departed for Itu Aba. He is scheduled to hold a news conference around 1100 GMT on his arrival back in Taiwan. Washington, Taiwan's biggest ally, on Wednesday called ...