EEZ debate: Manila uses science, Beijing uses trollsTrolls attacked my two columns last week: “While aggressing our seas, China calls us troublemakers,” Jan. 28, and “Here’s why China is on military, propaganda offensive against Phl,” Jan. 30. But they need straightening out about Philippine EEZ:• UNCLOS 1982 grants littoral states up to 200 nautical miles EEZ. The zones consist of internal waters, archipelagic waters, 12-nautical mile territorial sea, contiguous zone, EEZ and continental shelf. It is merely penciled on its maps of South China Sea, encompassing the West Philippine Sea, Vietnam’s East Sea and Brunei and Malaysia’s northern waters. The China trolls swarm with negative comments the websites of Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Navy, AFP and National Maritime Council.
