Firm Response to China’s Batanes Claims Sought - BusinessWorld Online
Stratbase said repeated Chinese claims risk muddying sovereignty, and it urged Manila to answer with diplomacy, law and public information.
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Firm response to China’s Batanes claims sought - BusinessWorld Online
THE Philippine government should mount a sustained response to renewed Chinese claims over Batanes to prevent Beijing from creating doubt over Philippine sovereignty, the Stratbase Institute said. “Batanes is Philippine territory, its people are Filipinos, and its sovereignty is settled and not up for debate,” Victor Andres “Dindo” C. Manhit, president at the think tank, […]
Stratbase warns vs China’s ‘manufactured dispute’ over Batanes
MANILA, Philippines — The repeated assertion by Chinese media and scholars that Batanes belongs to Taiwan is an attempt to create doubt over Philippine sovereignty in the country's northernmost province, the Stratbase Institute said.Stratbase Institute President Victor Andres Manhit issued the statement after China's state-run Global Times published an editorial on Sept. 3 claiming that Batanes was “legally part” of Taiwan and that the Philippin…
Stratbase urges PH to reject China paper’s claim Batanes part of Taiwan
MANILA, Philippines — Think tank Stratbase Institute urged the Philippine government to respond to a new claim that Batanes was “legally part” of Taiwan, warning against narratives that undermine the country’s territorial integrity. This came after Chinese newspaper Global Times published an opinion piece on Sept. 3 titled “History shows that Batanes Islands do not
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