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    Spratly's Dispute - The Philippine Perspective

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    Issue about the Spratly's - how China is claiming it all.

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    SPRATLY

    ISLANDS
    Dela Cruz | Oate
    Oro | Maharlika
    1 Thursday, December 12, 13
    SPRATLY ISLANDS
    2 Thursday, December 12, 13
    but how big is Spratly
    Islands?
    !
    Combined: 4 square kilometers spread
    out in over 450,000 square kilometers of
    sea.
    3 Thursday, December 12, 13
    What countries?
    4 Thursday, December 12, 13
    What countries?
    4 Thursday, December 12, 13
    What countries?
    4 Thursday, December 12, 13
    What countries?
    4 Thursday, December 12, 13
    Why are so many countries
    so keen?
    !
    Vast reserves of natural resources
    !
    ESTIMATE: 213 billion barrels of oil
    reserves (Chinese estimate. American
    estimates only 28 billion barrels)
    !
    ESTIMATE: 900 trillion cubic ft (25 trillion
    cubic m) of natural gas - same as proven
    reserves in Qatar.
    !
    Main shipping lanes, and home to a
    shing ground
    5 Thursday, December 12, 13
    So, who claims what?
    !
    Nine dash line (China)
    !
    Political Maps, history (China
    PRC, Taiwan ROC, Vietnam and
    Philippines)
    !
    Geographical Proximity
    (Philippines)
    !
    EEZ, dened by UNCLOS
    (Malaysia and Brunei,
    Philippines)
    6 Thursday, December 12, 13
    REASONS BEHIND THE
    TERRITORIAL CLAIMS
    !
    Historical
    !
    Political
    !
    Economic
    7 Thursday, December 12, 13
    PRC and Taiwans Claim
    8 Thursday, December 12, 13
    The Philippines Claim
    !
    1801 Map, John Carys
    9 Thursday, December 12, 13
    Vietnams Claim
    Phu Bien tap luc (Miscellaneous Records of Pacication in the Border Area),
    Truong Sa (Spratly Islands) were dened as belonging to the Quang Ngai District
    1838.
    10 Thursday, December 12, 13
    SOURCES:
    ! http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=5CBAXTEB&tocp=22
    ! http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1192472/spratly-islands-
    dispute-denes-china-vietnam-relations-25-years-after
    ! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacic-13748349
    ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spratly_Islands_dispute
    ! http://www.currentintelligence.net/analysis/2012/5/17/the-
    scarborough-shoal-stando!.html
    ! http://techieyuckyboy.tumblr.com/post/22892986426/scarborough-
    shoal-and-spratly-islands-facts-and
    ! http://www.interaksyon.com/article/48676/with-new-passport-
    china-stamps-claim-over-disputed-territories-dfa-protests
    ! http://betterphils.blogspot.com/2011/04/philippines-spratly-
    islands-200-nm-eez_19.html
    ! http://www.theglobal-review.com/content_detail.php?
    lang=en&id=8053&type=4#.UqmUh5GlklJ
    ! http://rqjavines.wordpress.com/tag/scarborough-shoal/
    ! http://www.academia.edu/2128239/
    Unpacking_the_Scarborough_Shoal_Dispute
    11 Thursday, December 12, 13

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