{"id":23579,"date":"2025-09-12T09:16:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23579"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:23:52","slug":"scarborough-shoal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/scarborough-shoal\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarborough Shoal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Scarborough Shoal Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Philippines has reacted strongly to China&#8217;s announcement of establishing a nature reserve in the South China Sea at the disputed Scarborough Shoal.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Scarborough Shoal<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>disputed atoll in the South China Sea,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> claimed by both <\/span><b>China and the Philippines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of their territory. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located some 220 kilometers <\/span><b>west of the Philippines\u2019 Island of Luzon.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the largest atoll in the South China Sea, submerged at high tide with few rocks above sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>What is the Dispute?<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>China\u2019s claim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> China, which now refers to the <\/span><b>shoal as Huangyan Island,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> makes a historical claim to the area, stating that they can trace their ownership of the area back to the <\/span><b>Yuan Dynasty of the 1200s.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Philippines claim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Philippines claim the <\/span><b>area on the basis of geography,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as it is much closer to the Philippines\u2019 main island of Luzon, which contains the capital, Manila, but lies over 500 miles from China.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is considered within the Philippines\u2019 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone, based on the 1982 <\/span><b>United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Commercial Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The deep waters around the shoal make it a <\/span><b>productive fishing area<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, rich in marine life, and the lagoon also contains many <\/span><b>commercially valuable shellfish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and sea cucumbers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/what-is-scarborough-shoal-what-is-china-planning-there-2025-09-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reuters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scarborough Shoal is an oceanic coral atoll that developed on top of a seamount into a triangle shape in the eastern part of the South China Sea. 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