Tolentino rejects claim Batanes belongs to China

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Teodoro: Batanes claim of Chinese scholars is 'quasi-state statement'

The claim made by Chinese academics that Batanes is an extension of Taiwan, and therefore belongs to China, could be viewed as a “quasi-state statement,” said Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr.

Tolentino rejects claim Batanes belongs to China

LABOR Secretary Francis Tolentino has strongly rejected the claim of Chinese academics that Batanes belongs to China through Taiwan, calling the assertions a form of “lawfare” and historical revisionism aimed at undermining Philippine sovereignty.Tolentino, a long-time advocate of Philippine maritime rights and principal author of the Philippine Maritime Zones Law, said that the claim, which surfaced during a symposium in Guangzhou on June 30, h…