South China Morning Post·4 min read·medium
Why a Chinese academic claim over Batanes has unsettled the Philippines
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Alan Robles
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Chinese scholars at a symposium in Guangzhou have claimed that the Philippine province of Batanes belongs to China via Taiwan. Philippine officials and historians have rejected these claims, citing geographical and historical inaccuracies.
A university symposium in Guangzhou has placed the Philippines’ northernmost province of Batanes at the centre of a new argument over history, geography and sovereignty, after scholars at the event claimed the islands belonged to Taiwan and, on that basis, fell under overall Chinese sovereignty.
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