Think tank slams Chinese tabloid over Batanes claim

A New Claim on the Batanes, From an Old Chinese Playbook

Now China is going after the Batanes Islands, a strategically crucial Philippine territory in the Luzon Strait south of Taiwan. An assertion by a group of scholars in June that the Batanes belong to

Stratbase urges PH to reject Chinese newspaper’s claim over Batanes

Abi Sarabia M., Philippine Canadian Inquirer September 07, 2026 MANILA, Philippines — The Stratbase Institute urged the Philippine government to firmly reject a new claim questioning the country’s sovereignty over […]

Think tank slams Chinese tabloid over Batanes claim

Batanes provincial capitol —Photo from Facebook/Provincial Government of Batanes MANILA, Philippines — The “repeated resurrection” of China’s false claims over Batanes is a “clear attempt to manufacture ambiguity” about the Philippines’ sovereignty over its northernmost province, think tank Stratbase Institute said on Sunday. In a statement, Stratbase Institute president Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit condemned an opinion piece published by China’…

Research think tank slams China for claiming Batanes

THE “repeated resurrection” of China’s false claims over Batanes province was a “clear attempt to manufacture ambiguity” about the Philippines’ sovereignty over its northernmost province, independent think tank Stratbase Institute said, following the publication of a Chinese state media editorial claiming Batanes was “legally part” of Taiwan.In a statement, Stratbase Institute President Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit strongly condemned the editori…