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 The Philippines has its own version of history
Author: coyote 
Date:   04-17-12 11:47

"The Philippines claims that as early as the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, Filipino fishermen were already using the area (Scarborough Shaol) as a traditional fishing ground and shelter during bad weather.[8] In 1957, The Philippine government conducted an oceanographic survey of the area and together with the US Navy force based in then U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay in Zambales, used the area as an impact range for defense purposes. An 8.3 meter high flag pole flying a Philippine flag was raised in 1965. A small lighthouse was also built and operated the same year.[9] In 1992, the Philippine Navy rehabilitated the lighthouse and reported it to the International Maritime Organization for publication in the List of Lights. As of 2009, the military-maintained lighthouse is non-operational.[10] In 1965, The Philippines for the first time raised a flag on it.

"Several Official Philippines maps published by Spain and United States in 18th and 20th century show Scarborough Shoal as Philippine territory. The 18th-century map "Carta hydrographica y chorographica de las Islas Filipinas" (1734) shows the Scarborough Shoal then was named as Panacot Shoal. The map also shows the shape of the shoal as consistent with the current maps available as today. During the 1900s Mapa General. Islas Filipinas, Observatorio de Manila and US Coast and Geodetic Survey Map includes the Scarborough Shoal named as "Baju De Masinloc".[14]"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough_Shoal

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Claiming history is not enough. The Philippines has the added advantage of it being within its EEZ upto 200 nautical miles.

A rising China must show that it can sit down and negotiate reasonably. Economic benefits adjudicated down some sort of sharing split seems a way out...
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