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Ayungin Shoal Issue in the West Philippine Sea __________________________________________________ ________ BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY

Ayungin Shoal Issue in West Philippine Sea

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  • 1. __________________________________________________________ BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY

2. __________________________________________________________ BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY 3. Second Thomas Shoal, also known as Ayungin Shoal in the Philippines. The shoal is named after Thomas Gilbert, the Captain of the HMS Scarborough which sailed as a transport ship in the First Fleet to Australia, and was subsequently an East India Company tea clipper. 4. Alternate names The Singapore National University Gazetteer (Number 75967) lists the following as other names for the Second Thomas Shoal: Mandarin Chinese - Ren'ai Jiao Other Chinese names - Jen-ai An-sha, Jen-ai Chiao, Ren'ai Ansha Vietnamese - Bi C My Filipino - Ayungin French - Banc Thomas Deuxime 5. Is an uninhabited shoal/atoll in the Spratly group of islands in the South China Sea, Why? Claimed by several nations, the shoal is currently militarily occupied by the Philippines. 6. Located southeast of Mischief Reef 105 nautical miles (194 km; 121 mi) west of Palawan, Philippines. 7. Second Thomas Shoal is "the gateway to Reed Bank", a disputed part the of SCS which is rich in natural gas. It is a tear-drop shaped atoll, 11 miles 18 km long North-South and fringed with coral reefs. The coral rim surrounds a lagoon which has depths of up to 27 meters 89 ft. and is accessible to small boats from the East. Drying patches are found east and west of the reef rim. 8. Why the Ayungin Shoal or 2nd Thomas Shoal disputed by China became part of the Philippine territory? HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF PHIL. AND CHINA WHAT IS THE SECRET BEHIND THE DISPUTED SHOAL POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW FROM PHILIPPINES 9. Under the Spanish Colonization, the Gov. Gen. of the Phil. was assign the Jesuit Priest Pierre Merillo Velardo to cartographing the islands of the Philippines. It was started in 1734 and finished by 1760 (16 years of Mapping) The said map is printed in Germany by 1760 It is also known as the Mother of all Philippine Map. Delas Yslas Filipinas 10. The ancient history of the Philippines Chinese relations is a very long history of good neighborliness, harmony and mutual respect. The modern history of the Philippines and China relation is a tale of connecting and distancing of love and hate, of amity and enmity admiration and admonition and of hedging, engaging , balancing ang guessing. 11. China claim that Chinese People discovered the shoal centuries ago and that there is a long history of Chinese fishing activity in the area (Under Ming Dynasty) Song Dynasty (900AD) theres a map that use by the Chinese men 12. __________________________________________________________ BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY 13. CHINA PHILIPPINES VS 14. Situation in the Scarborough Shoal RP Submission of WPS claims to international tribunal. Increasing tensions in the 2nd Thomas Shoal (Ayungin Shoal) Uncertainties on the passage of the code of conduct in the South China Sea Maritime nationalism 15. The 9 Dash System 16. The 10 Dash System 17. 9 - 10 dash line refers to the demarcation line used by the Peoples Republic of China for their claim in South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), an area including the Paracel Islands (occupied by China but claimed by Vietnam) and Spratly Islands disputed by the Philippines, China, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan and Vietnam, who each either claim all part of the Spratlys which are believe to sit on vast mineral resources and oils. 18. Treaty of Paris 1898 Sinuko ng Espanya sa Amerika ang Pilipinas at ibinenta ito sa halagang 20, 000,000.00 dolyar Nakahayag sa kasunduang ito ang tiyak na sukat ng Arkipelago ng Pilipinas na nasa 300,000 sq km, na may 7,107 isla at higit pa? Presidential Decree 1596 was signed by Pres. Marcos in 1978 Tomas Cloma (Freedom Land- Kalayaan Group of islands) 19. I will fight for you and we will fight together. We will fight for our jurisdiction in a peaceful manner -F.Morales, Researcher Hindi naman po yata tamang ipamigay na lamang ang sadyang atin na. -PNOY on his SONA 2013 20. www.philinquirer.net www.wikipedia.com www.issue.ph www.philstar.com www.abscbnnews.com www.gmanewstv.com www.globalita.ph Chinese Security Relations from Center of Intelligence and National Security Studies Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research 21. __________________________________________________________ BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY 22. __________________________________________________________ BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY