WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR THE PHILIPPINES

What is at stake in West Philippines Sea dispute

are :

I. 80% of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone

( EEZ) comprising 381,000 square kilometers of
maritime space, and
II. 100 % of the Philippines’ extended continental shelf
(ESC), estimated at over 150,000 square kilomenters
of maritime space,

Aggregating a huge maritime are of over 53,000 square

kilometers, larger than the total land area of the
Philippines of 300,000 square kilometers.
ROOT CAUSE OF SOUTH CHINA SEA
DISPUTE
-over 531,000 square
kilometers of martime
space, together with all the
fisheries, oil, gas and
mineral resources found
within this vast.

-This Chinese aggression is

the gravest external threat
to the Philippines Since
World war II.