{"id":37673,"date":"2015-01-08T02:20:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=37673"},"modified":"2015-01-08T02:20:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:20:55","slug":"afp-expresses-alarm-over-ongoing-chinese-reclamation-projects-in-west-philippine-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/08\/afp-expresses-alarm-over-ongoing-chinese-reclamation-projects-in-west-philippine-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP expresses alarm over ongoing Chinese reclamation projects in West Philippine Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8941\" style=\"width: 731px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/china-ayungin-shoal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8941\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/china-ayungin-shoal.png\" alt=\"Chinese vessel in Ayungin Shoal (PNP\/AFP Photo)\" width=\"731\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/china-ayungin-shoal.png 731w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/china-ayungin-shoal-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/china-ayungin-shoal-600x380.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese vessel in Ayungin Shoal (PNP\/AFP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang on Wednesday expressed alarm over an ongoing Chinese reclamation project in the West Philippine Sea.<\/p>\n<p>He declined to give the exact location but said that the project is now 50 percent completed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s alarming in the sense that it could be used for purposes other than peaceful use,&#8221; Catapang said.<\/p>\n<p>The AFP chief said that the Chinese are conducting another reclamation project which is estimated to be around one to two kilometers in the general area.<\/p>\n<p>Catapang added that the project could not yet be classified as an air field but its length suggests that it could be one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We continue to monitor what&#8217;s happening in the West Philippine Sea, we are appraised on the situation. We know there is still ongoing reclamation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last September, Catapang said reclamations were observed in two reefs in the Kalayaan (Spratly) Island Group. One of these was on Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef, which is inside the Philippines&#8217; exclusive economic zone.<\/p>\n<p>While in May, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said reclamation was also observed on Mabini (Johnson South) Reef, where Philippine authorities suspect China is building a military facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang on Wednesday expressed alarm over an ongoing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37673","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}