Aquino: Military build up continues amid China threat
- Written by Mario J. Mallari
- Tuesday, 24 July 2012
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The Chinese troops will operate from Sansha in the Paracel Islands, one of two archipelagos in the South China Sea that are claimed by both China and Vietnam.
Aquino, in his state of the nation address (Sona) yesterday said the situation at Bajo de Masinloc has been the source of much discussion and it is “his duty to uphold the laws of the country.”
“And as I did, tension ensued: on one hand, the Chinese had their Nine-Dash Line Theory laying claim to almost the entire West Philippine Sea; on the other, there was the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea, which recognized the rights of many countries, including that of China itself,” Aquino said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/headlines/item/1961-aquino-military-build-up-continues-amid-china-threat
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