'10-dash line': Tsina isinama West Philippine Sea sa kanilang 2023 map

MANILA, Philippines — Kinastigo ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang "standard map" na inilabas ng Beijing para sa taong 2023 — bagay na naglalaman ng Philippine features sa West Philippine Sea at ilang bahagi ng India, Taiwan at Malaysia.

Lunes nang ilabas ng Ministry of Natural Resources ng Tsina ang naturang mapa kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng kanilang "Surveying and Mapping Publicity Day" at "National Mapping Awareness Publicity Week."

"The Philippines rejects the 2023 version of China's Standard Map issued b the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China on August 28, 2023, because of its inclusion of the nine-dashed line (now a ten-dashed line) that supposedly shows China's boundaries in the South China Sea," wika ng DFA, Huwebes.

"This latest attempt to legitimize China's purposrted sovereignty and jurisdiction over Philippine features and maritime zones has no basis under international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention omn the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)."

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Nangyayari ang lahat ng ito kahit binalewala ng Permanent Court of Arbitration noong 2016 ang nine-dash line claim ng Tsina na umaangkin sa halos buong South China Sea.

Ang West Philippine Sea ay pasok sa 200-nautical exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ng Pilipinas, bagay na bahagi ng South China Sea.

"It categorically stated that maritime areas of the South China Sea encompassed by the relevant part of the 'nine-dash line' are contrary to the COnvention and without lawful effect to the extent that they exceed the geographic and substantive limits of China's maritime entitlements under the Convention," patuloy ng DFA.

"The Philippines, therefore, calls on China to act responsibly and abide by its obligations under UNCLOS and the final and binding 2016 Arbitral Award."

The 2023 edition of China's standard map was officially released on Monday and launched on the website of the standard map service hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources. This map is compiled based on the drawing method of national boundaries of China and various countries… pic.twitter.com/bmtriz2Yqe

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) August 28, 2023

Patuloy na hindi pinapansin ni Chinese President Xi Jinping ang naturang desisyon ng international court, dahilan para patuloy silang magpaikot-ikot, manggipit, at manghimasok sa West Philippine Sea.

Ngayong 2023 lang nang gamitan ng "laser" at "water cannon" ng Chinese Coast Guard ang Philippine Coast Guard malapit sa Ayungin Shoal.

Sa kabila ng aksyong ito, nananatiling malapit na magkaibigan sina Xi at Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Pare-pareho na ring nagpakita ng pagtutol ang Taiwan, India at Malaysia sa ginawang ito ng Beijing, lalo na't isinama rin sa naturang mapa ang mga erya na kanilang inaangkin.