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West Philippine Sea

Lecture on China’s Historical Claims to the South China Sea by Atty. Jay Batongbacal

In February 2016, Atty. Jay L. Batongbacal, the Director of the UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea, delivered this four-part lecture on China’s historical claims to the South China Sea (SCS)—focusing on the Scarborough Shoal and tracing the factors and events that led to the standoff between the Philippines and China […]

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West Philippine Sea Lecture by Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio

In this four-part lecture organized by the Philippine Social Science Council in February 2016, retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio laid the historical and legal narratives behind the opposing maritime claims of the Philippines and China on the South China Sea (SCS). The first part featured a detailed account of China’s creeping

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