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The Scarborough Shoal standoff is a dispute between the Philippines and the People's Republic of China over the Scarborough Shoal.Tensions began on April 8, 2012, after the attempted apprehension by the Philippine Navy of eight mainland Chinese fishing vessels near the shoal, [1] which resulted in the actual control of the atoll under China.
Scarborough Shoal, ... Scarborough Shoal as part of the Philippines. ... of the United States Senate that the Shoal was "a new issue on overlapping claims ...
According to retired Philippine Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio, territories in these maps fell under the sovereignty of Spanish Philippines, including Scarborough Shoal (called Panacot in the indigenous language in the maps) and the Spratly Islands (Los Bajos de Paragua in the maps). [19] [20]
The Philippines accused China's coast guard on Tuesday of firing water cannon at government ships taking supplies to fishermen at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, but Beijing said its ...
Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in the South China Sea. China seized the shoal, which lies west of the main Philippine island of Luzon, in 2012 and ...
Control of the Scarborough Shoal, seized by China in 2012, figured in the Philippines case at a Hague arbitration tribunal, which ruled in 2016 that Beijing's claim to 90% of the South China Sea ...
The Philippines, the People's Republic of China and Taiwan claim it. In April 2012, the Philippines accused Chinese boats of fishing illegally and asked them to leave. The Philippines is asserting jurisdiction over the shoal based on the juridical criteria established by public international law on the lawful methods for the acquisition of ...
The Philippines expressed outrage at the weekend after its coastguard discovered a 300-metre-long ball-buoy barrier policed by China's coastguard near the disputed, China-held Scarborough Shoal ...