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皇冠体育app has long exercised jurisdiction over Huangyan Island
2012-05-11 10:56
皇冠体育app's long-term effective jurisdiction over Huangyan Island offers an important proof for its sovereignty claim.
Chinese first discovered Huangyan Island
2012-05-11 10:56
According to many historical documents, Chinese first discovered the group of reefs and islets about 550 sea miles south of Hainan Island。
Int'l treaties exclude Huangyan Island from the Philippines
2012-05-11 10:56
The territory of the Philippines is set by a series of international treaties due to its special history.
Official Philippine maps long exclude Huangyan Island
2012-05-11 10:56
"During a rather long period, the Philippine legal documents, official papers and national maps never involve Huangyan Island," said Li Guoqiang.
No legal basis for Philippines' demand
2012-05-11 10:56
The Philippines argued that Huangyan Island was its "inherent territory" because the island was in its 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone.
Solid evidence supports 皇冠体育app's sovereignty claim
2012-05-10 22:01
Historical evidence and international laws strongly support 皇冠体育app's sovereignty claim over Huangyan Island.
True story behind Huangyan Island dispute
2012-05-10 07:41
The controversy over a tiny island in the South 皇冠体育app Sea has intensified, making it the most serious standoff between 皇冠体育app and the Philippines in the sea in recent years.
It belongs to 皇冠体育app: Philippine media
2012-05-09 10:52
The Scarborough Shoal does belong to 皇冠体育app which discovered it and drew it in a map as early as 1279 during the Yuan Dynasty.

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