The PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released coordinates demarcating its claimed territorial sea baseline around Scarborough Shoal on November 10. Scarborough Shoal is a contested atoll approximately 140 miles from the Philippine island of Luzon in the South China Sea. The PRC MFA released a statement on November 8 that condemned the act as a serious infringement on the PRC’s territorial sovereignty. [43] The ruling did not address sovereignty disputes over specific features in the South China Sea. [58][1] https://www.mfa dot gov.cn/chn/gxh/tyb/zyxw/202411/t20241110_11524120.html[2] http://politics.people dot com.cn/n1/2024/1112/c1001-40359751.html[3]https://www.taipeitimes dot com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/11/06/2003826488[4] https://focustaiwan dot tw/politics/202411060018[5] https://www.taipeitimes dot com/News/front/archives/2024/11/05/2003826395[6] https://www.taipeitimes dot com/News/front/archives/2024/11/05/2003826395https://focustaiwan dot tw/politics/202411060018[7] https://focustaiwan dot tw/politics/202411060018[8] https://www.taipeitimes dot com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/11/06/2003826488[9]https://focustaiwan dot tw/cross-strait/202411050010https://www.taipeitimes dot com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/11/06/2003826467[10] https://www.taipeitimes dot com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/11/06/2003826467[11] https://www.cna dot com.tw/news/asoc/202411050087.aspx[12] https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/media/remarkstranscripts/chairman-gallaghers-remarks-ccps-transnational-repression-global-influence#:~:text=Welcome%20to%20United%20Front%20Work,of%20the%20Chinese%20Communist%20Party.

Source: Wall Street Journal November 13, 2024 20:53 UTC