{"id":153063,"date":"2018-02-15T20:18:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T01:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=153063"},"modified":"2018-02-15T20:18:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T01:18:38","slug":"china-respects-ph-sovereign-rights-at-philippine-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/15\/china-respects-ph-sovereign-rights-at-philippine-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"China respects PH sovereign rights at Philippine Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_151852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151852\" style=\"width: 789px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Benham-Rise.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-151852\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Benham-Rise.png\" alt=\"China has assured it respects the Philippines\u2019 sovereign rights amid concerns aired by some Filipinos on its move to name some undersea features at the Philippine Rise. (Google Maps photo)\" width=\"789\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Benham-Rise.png 789w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Benham-Rise-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Benham-Rise-768x534.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">China has assured it respects the Philippines\u2019 sovereign rights amid concerns aired by some Filipinos on its move to name some undersea features at the Philippine Rise. (Google Maps photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; China has assured it respects the Philippines\u2019 sovereign rights amid concerns aired by some Filipinos on its move to name some undersea features at the Philippine Rise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina respects the relevant rights enjoyed by the Philippines concerning the Benham Rise (former name of Philippine Rise),\u201d Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesperson Geng Shuang said in a press conference on Wednesday in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Shuang, however, defended China\u2019s naming of five maritime features at the Benham Rise which is part of the Philippines\u2019s continental shelf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese side is always engaged in the relevant work in accordance with the international practices and the rules of this organization,\u201d Shuang said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the information I have received, the Sub-Committee On Undersea Feature Names is a specialized international organization in charge of establishing standards on naming undersea geographic features,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese official said the relevant countries and individuals may submit naming proposals on the unnamed undersea features \u201cwhich are twelve nautical miles away from the littoral states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to media reports, the five undersea waters that have now Chinese names include Jinghao, Tianbao, Haidonquing and Jujiu Seamounts and Cuiqiao Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Roque, spokesperson of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, had expressed objection to China\u2019s move but clarified there was no bad faith on China\u2019s naming of PH Rise\u2019s undersea features.<\/p>\n<p>Roque explained China\u2019s action was not political but just a United Nation\u2019s scientific process in giving names to areas discovered by a certain country.<\/p>\n<p>China is one of countries which conducted scientific research at the Philippine Rise before Duterte ordered stoppage of foreign explorations in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said China\u2019s action is not alarming because China recognizes the Philippines\u2019 sovereign rights at the Philippine Rise.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines, Roque said, would not use the Chinese names and instead it would give its own names to each underwater feature found at the 13-million hectare territory which recognized by the UN as part of the Philippines\u2019 extended continental shelf.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; China has assured it respects the Philippines\u2019 sovereign rights amid concerns aired by some Filipinos on its move to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":151852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[420,19410,343,46708],"class_list":["post-153063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-china","tag-philippine-rise","tag-philippines","tag-sovereign-rights","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}