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China on Monday warned the Philippines to take its words “seriously” and declared that it will do “what is necessary” to protect its interest in the South China Sea, which it claims is in violation of a UN tribunal ruling.
China had repeatedly ignored the Philippines’ sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea, despite the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 2016 Arbitral Ruling, and insists it has “indisputable” ownership over it and the rest of the South China Sea. But China’s recent actions in the West Philippine Sea have been denounced by other countries, including the United States, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.
It also called the arbitration ruling as “illegal, null and void” because “territorial issues are not subject to UNCLOS,” the law that served as the basis for the ruling. Earlier, the China Coast Guard announced that it had driven away a “Philippine Navy gunboat” after they spotted it “intruding” into the waters adjacent to Huangyan Island, the Chinese name for Scarborough Shoal.Brawner said the PN has no presence in the Scarborough Shoal, and that only the Coast Guard is there.Brawner recently bared plans to create more brigade combat teams as it shifts its focus to territorial defense.
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