MANILA - Filipinos should consistently educate the Chinese why their sweeping claims in the South China Sea is the "fake history of the millennium, the fake news of the century," Supreme Court Senior
MANILA - Filipinos should consistently educate the Chinese why their sweeping claims in the South China Sea is the "fake history of the millennium, the fake news of the century," Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Friday.
"I believe the Chinese people are inherently good people, but they have been taught only one historical narrative and it is totally false and we have to get them out of that false mindset," he said. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , historical rights are no longer a basis for claiming maritime zones, the magistrate said.
"China actively participated, in fact supported the 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone," he said. Manila has shelved its arbitral win since 2016 as Duterte forged closer ties with Beijing in exchange for funding for his administration's massive infrastructure push. China has ignored the ruling.
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