May 4, 2016

"The Philippines has long pinned its hopes on the international community to woo sympathy for its groundless claim for some of China's islands in the South China Sea.

However, facts speak louder than words. The following are ironclad facts about Manila's notorious acts of illegal encroachment upon China's Nansha Islands.

Historically, the Philippine territory was defined and demarcated by a series of treaties, including the Treaty of Peace of Paris 1898 between the United States and Spain, the U.S.-Spanish Treaty of Washington of 1900, and the 1930 Convention regarding the Boundary between the Philippine Archipelago and the State of North Borneo between the United States and Britain."

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http://www.ecns.cn/voices/2016/05-04/209108.shtml