{"id":45962,"date":"2015-03-30T11:04:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T03:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=45962"},"modified":"2015-03-30T11:04:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T03:04:27","slug":"ph-dismiss-chinas-claim-over-activities-in-disputed-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/30\/ph-dismiss-chinas-claim-over-activities-in-disputed-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"PH dismiss China\u2019s claim over activities in disputed sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12548\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NOYNOY-AQUINO1-e1401280066640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12548\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NOYNOY-AQUINO1-e1401280066640-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"President Benigno S. Aquino III checks out the view of the West Philippine Sea from the administration building of Philippine Navy headquarters in Palawan during the 116th Anniversary of the Philippine Navy at the open grounds of the Naval Forces West naval station, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on Tuesday (May 27). (Photo by Gil Nartea \/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NOYNOY-AQUINO1-e1401280066640-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NOYNOY-AQUINO1-e1401280066640-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NOYNOY-AQUINO1-e1401280066640.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Benigno S. Aquino III checks out the view of the West Philippine Sea from the administration building of Philippine Navy headquarters in Palawan during the 116th Anniversary of the Philippine Navy at the open grounds of the Naval Forces West naval station, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on Tuesday (May 27). (Photo by Gil Nartea \/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 The Philippines once again, reiterated its claims in the disputed territories slamming China\u2019s criticism of its plan to repair military facilities in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).<\/p>\n<p>Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson Charles Jose said that the activities of the Philippines in the said areas are \u201cin no way comparable\u201d to the massive reclamation activities of China in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Philippines\u2019 possible undertaking of necessary maintenance and repairs on its existing facilities in the West Philippine Sea\u2026 is in no way comparable to China\u2019s massive reclamation activities which not only violate international law\u2026 but also unnecessarily raise tensions,\u201d Jose said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the said criticisms will not detract from China\u2019s actions which are raising tensions among countries involved in the dispute.<\/p>\n<p>It could be noted that Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying denounced on Friday the country\u2019s resumption of the construction of facilities in the sea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis does not only violate China\u2019s territorial sovereignty but also reveals [the Philippines\u2019] hypocritical nature,\u201d Hua had said.<\/p>\n<p>Jose, however said that \u201cChina\u2019s recent statement\u2026 should not distract us from the real issues in the South China Sea which are China\u2019s illegitimate nine-dash line claim and China\u2019s unilateral and aggressive behavior in asserting that claim as exemplified by its massive and unrestrained reclamation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 The Philippines once again, reiterated its claims in the disputed territories slamming China\u2019s criticism of its plan to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":12548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45962","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=45962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}