The South China Sea Map Debate
Situation in the South China Sea is heating up again after China published a new map. The Philippines hastily created a counter map.
Iwan Kurniawan
October 2, 2023
THE Philippines’ Senate Committee on Maritime and Admiralty Zones plans to hold marathon meetings to create a new Philippine map that will include territories in the West Philippine Sea, part of the South China Sea. “This will be five meetings because we are trying to craft our own map. So, this is a response to the 10-dash line,” said Francis Tolentino, the senator who proposed the Philippine Maritime Zones Act, which enco
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