Questions about huangyan island. China's territory in the South China Sea is U-shaped, sticking to the borders of neighboring countries, reaching the door of neighboring countries. Are all islands dis

Questions about huangyan island. China's territory in the South China Sea is U-shaped, sticking to the borders of neighboring countries, reaching the door of neighboring countries. Are all islands discovered by China since ancient times? if you find out, you can't just say it, but you can't give it back. You have to have historical records to testify, right? The Philippines can't produce convincing evidence. According to Victor Aches, "the" ancient map "produced by the Philippine Foreign Ministry as territorial evidence was only drawn in 182, 541 years later than the map of China".

[ article in Manila Standard Today, Philippines, April 28] Title: It belongs to China (by Philippine investor Victor Archies)

The scarborough Reef (that is, Huangyan Island) does belong to China, which was discovered by China in 1279 as early as the Yuan Dynasty and marked on the map. Fishermen from Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province have been here since then. In fact, Guo Shoujing, an astronomer, engineer and mathematician who worked under Kublai Khan, the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty, surveyed the South China Sea, and the surveying point was scarborough Reef, a part of zhongsha islands.

In contrast, the "ancient map" produced by our Ministry of Foreign Affairs as territorial evidence was only drawn in 182, which was 541 years later than the map of China. Senator Edgardo angara claimed that this map, which appeared more than 54 years late, was more convincing than the much older map of China, which surprised me.

But what surprises me even more is that the article published by Father Joaquin Behnas in another newspaper on April 22nd, as one of the main framers of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, actually used the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea adopted in 1982 as the basis for his defense of the sovereignty of the Philippines. Although he did later admit the fact that "scarborough Reef is outside the scope defined by the Paris Treaty", he did so. What kind of bluff is this?

in 1946, when the Philippines declared its independence from the American colonies, what should be our exact territory? Why didn't China's constitutions in 1899, 1935, 1943, 1973, 1986 and 1987 include Nansha Islands and scarborough Reef? Where and from whom did we suddenly get these islands? Did this come out of thin air?

In the late 197s, China conducted scientific investigation activities in scarborough Reef and its surrounding areas, and later erected a monument there. However, the Philippines removed this landmark without authorization in 1997.

Until the 199s, all official maps issued by the Philippines did not include the Prattley Islands (Nansha Islands-this newspaper note) and scarborough Reef within the territory of the Philippines. Law No.346 of the People's Republic of China, which was approved by our own parliament in 1961, prevented us from owning the above islands.

however, after a long period of 48 years, on March 1th, 29, we amended the decree and unilaterally declared the possession of these disputed islands.

However, there is a fact that cannot be ignored. There are three international treaties that support China's sovereignty over those islands. They are the Spanish-American Treaty of Paris in 1898, the Spanish-American Treaty of Washington in 19 and the Anglo-American Treaty in 193. They all stipulate that the territorial boundary of the Philippines is limited to the line of 118 degrees east longitude.

On the other hand, the Philippines claims sovereignty over those islands only on the basis of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. As far as I know, this is just a "convention", which cannot overturn or replace the treaties or agreements signed between colonists. Even if it is really regarded as a "law", it cannot take effect retroactively and then change the previous facts.

who are we kidding?

"I'm just telling plain facts"

—— Victor Archies, author of "It (Huangyan Island) belongs to China"

"I was called a traitor, a coward and a traitor by them ... I'm not afraid of the government. My position is supported by facts. I'm just telling plain facts."

When talking about why he wrote this article, Achilles said that he did it to inform readers that the local newspapers in the Philippines (on the Huangyan Island issue) showed readers false and distorted facts. The legal profession, especially the Congress, supported Aquino for their own existing interests and for political reasons.

Archies said that the Huangyan Island issue does not need to be internationalized. He suggested that in order to solve the problem, the two sides should sit down and negotiate "like gentlemen and friends".