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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — A chunk of rock appearing on the ocean surface has now become the source of tension between the Philippines and China. Scarborough Shoal…

Slide 1 Professor H. Harry L. Roque, Jr. Director, Institute of International Legal Studies, UP Law Center Professor, Department of International Law and Human Rights, Philippine…

Slide 1 Recent Developments in the South China Sea A PHILIPPINE PERSPECTIVE by Chito Sta. Romana President, Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) Slide 2 ARBITRATION…

Slide 1 RIVAL CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA Reporter: Jose Angelito P. Angeles Slide 2 Geographical Background GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND Slide 3 Known traditionally to the…

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By Prashanth Parameswaran Playing It Safe: Malaysiaâs Approach to the South China Sea and Implications for the United States F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 5 M A R I T I M E S T…