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Philippines to rename disputed South China Sea islands

South China Morning Post · · 139 words · By Agence France-Presse
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“Philippines to rename disputed South China Sea islands to boost ‘sovereignty’”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South China Sea Arbitration (Philippines v. China, PCA case number 2013–19) was an arbitration case brought by the Republic of the Philippines against the People's Republic of China (PRC) under An…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea_Arbitration
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan (Republic of China/ROC), and Vietnam have conflicting island and maritime claims in the South China Sea. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_So…
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“The features to be renamed belong to the Spratly archipelago, site of repeated confrontations between Philippine and Chinese vessels”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Spratly Islands (Filipino: Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; simplified Chinese: 南沙群岛; traditional Chinese: 南沙群島; pinyin: Nánshā Qúndǎo; Malay: Kepulauan Spratly; Vietnamese: Quần đảo Trường Sa) are a dispute…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute among Brunei, China (PRC), Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam concerning "ownership" of the Spratly Islands, a group of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spratly_Islands_dispute
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan (Republic of China/ROC), and Vietnam have conflicting island and maritime claims in the South China Sea. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_So…
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“Beijing claims the South China Sea in nearly its entirety despite an international ruling that its assertion has no legal basis”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan (Republic of China/ROC), and Vietnam have conflicting island and maritime claims in the South China Sea. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_So…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline covers events relevant to the ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_South_China_Se…
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“Beijing claims the South China Sea in nearly its entirety despite an international ruling that its assertion has no legal basis”
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“Manila most prominently used the renaming mechanism in 2012 under the Benigno Aquino administration, when it dubbed areas of the crucial waterway nearest its coast the West Philippine Sea”
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“More than 100 Kalayaan Island Group features will have Philippine names … which strengthens administration and governance, as well as sovereignty, in Palawan and the West Philippine Sea”
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“More than 100 Kalayaan Island Group features will have Philippine names … which strengthens administration and governance, as well as sovereignty, in Palawan and the West Philippine Sea”
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“The executive order directs all government agencies as well as schools to begin using the new names, which have yet to be revealed”
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“The executive order directs all government agencies as well as schools to begin using the new names, which have yet to be revealed”
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