{"id":41667,"date":"2015-02-11T01:15:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T17:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=41667"},"modified":"2015-02-11T01:15:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T17:15:31","slug":"dfa-china-raising-tensions-for-reclamation-work-on-phl-reef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/11\/dfa-china-raising-tensions-for-reclamation-work-on-phl-reef\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA: China raising tensions for reclamation work on PHL reef"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41158\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/scarborough-shoal-panatag-shoal-bajo-de-masinloc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41158\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/scarborough-shoal-panatag-shoal-bajo-de-masinloc.jpg\" alt=\"Filipinos at Bajo de Masinloc \/ Panatag Shoal (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Norway)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/scarborough-shoal-panatag-shoal-bajo-de-masinloc.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/scarborough-shoal-panatag-shoal-bajo-de-masinloc-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filipinos at Bajo de Masinloc \/ Panatag Shoal (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Norway)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippines on Tuesday claimed that China was stoking tensions in the South China Sea for undertaking reclamation work on a Manila-claimed reef.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has called on Beijing to immediately stop its activities in Panganiban Reef and to respect international laws.<\/p>\n<p>China insists it has historical ownership of nearly all of the South China Sea, dismissing the claims of other smaller claimants like the Philippines and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>DFA spokesman Charles Jose said Panganiban Reef, located 130 miles west of Palawan and known internationally as Mischief Reef, is within Philippine territory. It was seized by China in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPanganiban Reef is a low tide elevation in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines and on its continental shelf,\u201d said Jose in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Manila protested China\u2019s land reclamation of Panginaban Reef on Feb. 4.<\/p>\n<p>Jose said the Philippines has the sole right \u201cto authorize construction of artificial islands, installations or other structures in the vicinity of Panganiban Reef\u201d since it falls under its sovereign territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s reclamation activities constitute a flagrant violation of these rights and increase tensions in the region,\u201d Jose said. \u201cWe strongly urge China to desist from its reclamation activities in the Panganiban Reef and to respect international law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippines on Tuesday claimed that China was stoking tensions in the South China Sea for undertaking reclamation &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":41158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-michaela-del-callar","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41667","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=41667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}