Competing historical narratives have taken center stage in China's war of words with the Philippines over the South China Sea.
Competing historical narratives have taken center stage in the China-Philippines territorial dispute, with Manila taking aim at Beijing's assertion it was the first to lay claim to the South China Sea.The Philippine foreign affairs department on Sunday hit back at its Chinese counterpart's 'baseless and misleading' appeal to history last week.
'The Philippines has long had sovereignty and exercised administrative control over Bajo de Masinloc, as well as various features west of Palawan which now form the Kalayaan Island Group,' the Philippines' foreign affairs department wrote in a statement on Sunday using Manila's term for Scarborough Shoal.These features were included on administrative maps as early as the 18th century during the Spanish colonial era, the department added.
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