8 days ago3 min readinternational politics
US Condemns China’s ‘Nature Reserve’ Claim as Territorial Ambition in South China Sea
Kathmandu— The United States has formally accused China of using dubious environmental and legal pretexts to deny Filipino vessels access to traditional fishing grounds in the contested South China Sea. In a statement released Saturday, the U.S. State Department dismissed China's recent designation of the area surrounding Scarborough Reef as a 'national nature reserve,' characterizing […]
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Source:ABC News
Entity Extraction
Persons Mentioned (1)
Marco Rubio
Organizations (4)
ASEANAl JazeeraPermanent Court of ArbitrationUS State Department
Locations (6)
Scarborough ReefSouth China SeaThe HagueKathmanduLuzonManila
Categorization & Context
Primary Domain
international relations and diplomacy
Event Nature
ongoing situation or routine update
Event Format
standard news report
All Categories
international politics
Key Phrases
- •international law
- •Scarborough Reef
- •Marco Rubio
- •South China Sea
- •territorial dispute
- •US State Department
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