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The South China Sea Arbitration (Philippines v. China, PCA case number 2013–19) [1] was an arbitration case brought by the Republic of the Philippines against the People's Republic of China (PRC) under Annex VII (subject to Part XV) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, ratified by the Philippines in 1984, by the PRC in 1996, opted out from Section 2 of Part XV by ...
West Philippine Sea (Filipino: Kanlurang Dagat ng Pilipinas; [2] [3] or Karagatang Kanlurang Pilipinas; [4] abbreviated as WPS) is the official designation by the government of the Philippines to the parts of the South China Sea that are included in the country's exclusive economic zone.
August - Chinese and Philippine vessels collide in multiple incidents near the Sabina Shoal. [214] November - The Philippine's enacts the Maritime Zones Act, on 8 November 2024. [215] China objected and on 10 November clarified more detail on its territorial sea claims and published its standard names of 64 islands and reefs in the South China Sea.
The Philippines has repeatedly cited a 2016 international arbitration ruling based on the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea that invalidated China’s claim over virtually the entire ...
Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough shoal and other outcrops in the South China Sea. China seized the shoal, which lies west of the main Philippine island of Luzon, in 2012 and has ...
"China's dangerous and reckless behavior in the West Philippine Sea shall be resisted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines," Gilberto Teodoro, Manila's defense secretary, said in a statement. "China's actions are the true obstacles to peace and stability in the South China Sea." [a] [90]
China's coast guard claimed Tuesday to have chased a Philippine navy ship from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea as tensions between the two countries over rich fishing areas escalate. Coast ...
The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), a task force of the Philippine government, received a report that around 220 Chinese fishing ships were monitored to have moored at Whitsun Reef as early as March 7, 2021. The NTF-WPS reported that the Chinese marine vessels were not engaging in fishing activities and noted the ...