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The afformentioned islands are within the EEZ of the Republic of the Philippines, as it falls within the 200 EEZ as guaranteed by UNCLOS. These islands are no where within China's 200 EEZ, they are some 500 miles BEYOND. These islands do not belong to China, they belong to the Republic of the Philippines. PERIOD.
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Poorly said. 黄岩岛 Huangyan Dao (scarborough shoal) does not belong to the Phillipines:
"According to Treaty of Paris(1898) between the United States and Spain, Treaty of Washington(1900) between Spain and the United States, Treaty between Great Britain and the United States(1930), Constitution of the Philippines (1935), Republic Act No. 3046 "Act to Define the Baselines of the Territorial Sea of the Philippines"(1961), and all the maps published by Philippines official until 1990s, 118th degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich is the territorial limit line of Philippines. Scarborough Shoal is obvious outside this limits, and Philippines has never made claim or put dispute on Scarborough Shoal, which is internationally recognized as teritory of China. But in the following years, Philippines made an unilateral decision to include Scarborough Shoal as its territory, ignoring China's opposition.
Most Philippines maps published by Spain and United States in 18th and 19th century does not show Scarborough Shoal or show it as foreign territory, for example, in the same color as Malaysia and China."
黄岩岛 Huangyan Dao (scarborough shoal))