The Philippines on Thursday protested China’s creation of two new districts in the South China Sea because these are supposedly part of Philippine territory and sea zones. “The Philippine government strongly protests the establishment of the so-called districts of Nansha and Xisha under the supposed administrative jurisdiction of its self-declared Sansha City announced on April 18, by the People’s Republic of China,” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement. “It does not recognize Sansha, nor its constituent units, nor any subsequent acts emanating from them,” it added.

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