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National Bookstore withdraws Chinese-made Globes


National Bookstore withdraws Chinese-made Globes

National Bookstore -- The Philippines' largest bookstore chain has withdrawn Chinese-made globes showing Beijing's claims to most of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) from its shelves.

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Foreign office spokesman Raul Hernandez said that chinese-made globes were sold by the National Bookstore up until Wednesday.

"The National Bookstore has withdrawn all the educational (chinese-made) globes, which reflect China's nine-dash line encompassing the West Philippine Sea, from its stores," Hernandez said.

"It (National Bookstore) has taken a patriotic position to proactively support the Philippine government in advancing Philippine foreign policy objectives."

The National BookStore management claimed that they were unaware of the "misinformation" contained in the education materials and they agreed to pull out the chinese-made globes after the dialogue.

China's "nine-dash line" outlines its claims to virtually all of the West Philippine Sea, even waters close to the shores of its neighbors.

China's stance led to a standoff last year with the Philippines over rich fishing grounds around Scarborough Shoal, a rocky outcrop much closer to the Philippine coast than to China's shores.

The Philippine government last month took China to an arbitration panel under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea a 1982 treaty signed by both countries to demand that it declare China's claims invalid.

China's territorial claims overlap those of the Philippines as well as Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan.

Source: ASB CBN news

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