‘China claiming 80% of PH sea territory’

The Philippines stand to lose 80 percent of its territory facing the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) if China will continue to expand its sprawling claim in the contested waters, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio warned.

Carpio, in his lecture at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington on October 5, said China’s national boundaries under its so-called nine-dash line affects not only the Philippines but other countries as well.