{"id":153395,"date":"2018-02-19T00:08:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=153395"},"modified":"2018-02-19T00:08:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:08:32","slug":"palace-remains-firm-it-will-not-recognize-chinese-names-in-ph-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/19\/palace-remains-firm-it-will-not-recognize-chinese-names-in-ph-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace remains firm it will not recognize Chinese names in PH rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. ( YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While not attributing any bad faith to China, Malaca\u00f1ang stood fast by its decision to not recognize the names Red Dragon has given to five underwater features in the Philippine Rise and will continue giving them Filipino names.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi po natin kikilalanin iyong mga pangalan na binigay ng mga Tsino diyan, binigyan po natin \u2018yan ng mga pangalan na Pilipino <\/em>(We will not recognize the names China has given, we gave Filipino names to the underwater features in the region),\u201d<\/em> Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a radio interview on DZMM on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Roque said he hoped that China will not hold it against the Philippines if it has decided not to acknowledge the Chinese names they have given to the features in the plateau.<\/p>\n

The Chinese government submitted the names of the five underwater features in the Philippine rise: Jinghao Seamount (found at about 70 nautical miles east of Cagayan province), Tianbao Seamount (found at about 70 nautical miles east of Cagayan province), Haidonquing Seamount (found at about 190 nautical miles east of Cagayan province), Cuiqiao Hill, and Jujiu Seamount.<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang earlier said that it maintains its trust in China even after protesting its move to name the undersea features, saying that naming it does not mean they are claiming it.<\/p>\n

The Palace expressed hope that China will understand the protest to the naming, since the Philippines has the sovereign rights over the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are just saying, respect us too, that we will give Philippine names to them,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

PH rejects Chinese names<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a statement on February 14, the Palace official said the government rejected China\u2019s move of naming underwater features at the Philippine Rise formerly known as Benham Rise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe object and do not recognize the Chinese names given to some undersea features in the Philippine Rise,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPer our Philippine embassy in Beijing, they have already raised our concern to China,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The spokesman also cited that the Philippines also turned down the name given by the Americans, since Benham Rise was named after American Admiral Andrew Benham.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng\u00a0stand\u00a0natin, bahala kayo ano ang ibigay niyo d\u2019yan, basta kami magtatalaga kami ng Pilipinong pangalan gaya ng ginawa na naming sa pagbalewala sa dun sa pangalang binigay ng\u00a0mga Amerikano sa lugar na \u2018yan, ngayong<\/em> Philippine Rise\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0(Our stand is that it is up to you what name to give, but for us we will give it Philippine names which we already did when we ignored the American name given to it, now that we call it as Philippine Rise),\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He further stressed that some name suggestions were already brought up in a meeting in Malaca\u00f1ang earlier.<\/p>\n

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