FORMER Foreign Affairs secretary Albert del Rosario has urged the Philippine government to lodge a diplomatic protest against China after it established two new districts at the disputed South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).

Del Rosario’s statement was in response to a report by the Chinese government-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) which quoted the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs as saying that Paracel (Chinese name: Xisha) and the Spratly (Chinese name: Nansha) districts were created and would be under Beijing.

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