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China-Japan-Koreas
China’s neighbors reject new territorial map
2023-09-05
It’s not just Russia they’ve redrawn.
[BenarNews] Southeast Asian countries and Taiwan on Thursday objected to China’s latest version of its territorial map because of new boundaries that reach waters they claim as well in the South China Sea. Beijing released the map on Monday amid tensions with the United States over Taiwan, and days after China Coast Guard ships formed a cordon to block Philippine supply boats delivering supplies to the BRP Sierra Madre, Manila’s military outpost in Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal), in the disputed waters.

"This latest attempt to legitimize China’s purported illusory sovereignty and jurisdiction over Philippine features and maritime zones has no basis under international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)," the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila said in a statement.
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