10-04-2017

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China annexes the South China Sea with the “Cabbage Strategy.” @gordongchan Toshi Yoshihara, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment

Pag-asa (Thitu), the second largest island Spratly group of islands, and a high-tide elevation feature, is located about 480 kilometers west of Puerto Princesa City in Palawan.

Alejano said the sandbars lie within 12 nautical miles of both Subi Reef and Pag-asa island. However, the difference is that Subi Reef was once a low-tide elevation and was only later on reclaimed by China.

Following the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Subi Reef cannot generate territorial waters neither a 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) because it is a low-tide elevation feature.

It was Alejano who first revealed and raised suspicion on the presence of Chinese ships near Pag-asa, a claim which was later supported by satellite images from American think tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/10/03/17/chinese-ships-spotted-anew-near-pag-asa-island-lawmaker-says