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Retitled: China's "De facto" Control of Panatag Shoal/Bajo De Masinloc; Old Title: China ropes off Scarborough Shoal
Topic Started: Aug 10 2012, 07:38 PM (25,224 Views)
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China Starts Construction Inside Panatag Shoal

http://www.rappler.com/nation/38004-china-construction-panatag

by Carmela Fonbuena
Posted on 09/03/2013 1:06 PM | Updated 09/03/2013 1:59 PM

MANILA, Philippines – China has started construction activities in the waters off Zambales, within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin told congressmen on Tuesday, September 3, that China has "concrete blocks" in Panatag (Scarborough), an obvious "prelude to construction." "We have noticed the presence of 3 coast guard ships in Bajo de Masinloc. And we have also sighted concrete blocks inside the shoal, which is a prelude to construction," Gazmin said during the budget hearing for the Department of National Defense. Bajo de Masinloc has been renamed Panatag. It is located 124 nautical miles from Zambales, within the country's 200-NM exclusive economic zone. China claims practically all of South China Sea.

Panatag is a rocky sandbar, but its location holds huge political and economic significance. Located in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), it is a strategic staging area for military operations. Scientists are also optimistic about the area’s potential oil resources.The Philippine Navy maritime patrol aircraft monitors the area every 3 days. Gazmin showed pictures taken by the Philippine Navy as of August 31. He said it's the first time the navy monitored concrete blocks. He said they have more photos from Monday, September 2.



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Now that the construction has started.. what will the government do now? waiting again to finish the construction and see what it looks like? (like what they did in mischief reef) then, what island is next? ayungin shoal? tsk*tsk*...wake up government officials! :headbang: :headbang:
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xerd
Sep 3 2013, 03:45 PM
Now that the construction has started.. what will the government do now? waiting again to finish the construction and see what it looks like? (like what they did in mischief reef) then, what island is next? ayungin shoal? tsk*tsk*...wake up government officials! :headbang: :headbang:
The shoal is lost the moment the PCG stop sending ships there (last July) . Simple as that. The international arbitration means nothing when there is no country willing to enforce it , even if it rules in Philippines favor.
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Well, here's what Sec. Gazmin had to say...

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To stop China from doing the same thing in Scarborough Shoal, “the important thing is we put men there, so this can be prevented. We don't have the capability to do that at the moment, he said.

At the same time, Gazmin said the Philippines can add this case to the arbitration case it has already filed before the Arbitral Tribunal. He said this again is a violation of the ASEAN-China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, which instructs all parties to inhibit from doing anything that would escalate the tension in the area.

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“It wants to have a small concrete structure installed there just to let the world know it’s under Chinese control, it’s in Chinese hands,” Li Mingjiang said, Li is an associate professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. The Philippines is unlikely to risk using force to halt any construction because it would give China an excuse to take other disputed land features under Filipino control in the South China Sea, he said.

which for me literally means, "PAALAM BAJO DE MASINLOC... HANGGANG SA MULI..."
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...it will become BAJO DE PARACEL or BAJO DE HAINAN.
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Sep 3 2013, 03:45 PM
China Starts Construction Inside Panatag Shoal

http://www.rappler.com/nation/38004-china-construction-panatag

by Carmela Fonbuena
Posted on 09/03/2013 1:06 PM | Updated 09/03/2013 1:59 PM

MANILA, Philippines – China has started construction activities in the waters off Zambales, within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin told congressmen on Tuesday, September 3, that China has "concrete blocks" in Panatag (Scarborough), an obvious "prelude to construction." "We have noticed the presence of 3 coast guard ships in Bajo de Masinloc. And we have also sighted concrete blocks inside the shoal, which is a prelude to construction," Gazmin said during the budget hearing for the Department of National Defense. Bajo de Masinloc has been renamed Panatag. It is located 124 nautical miles from Zambales, within the country's 200-NM exclusive economic zone. China claims practically all of South China Sea.

Panatag is a rocky sandbar, but its location holds huge political and economic significance. Located in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), it is a strategic staging area for military operations. Scientists are also optimistic about the area’s potential oil resources.The Philippine Navy maritime patrol aircraft monitors the area every 3 days. Gazmin showed pictures taken by the Philippine Navy as of August 31. He said it's the first time the navy monitored concrete blocks. He said they have more photos from Monday, September 2.

There you go guys...so much for diplomacy...even if the officials do wake it is already too late unless...we send in the coast guard NOW and ground another ship with PCG personnels on it...we MIGHT have a chance...if they fire first... :headbang:
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this should be a big Slam in the face of our Honourable who didn't care about modernization of our Armed Forces.

Now let's see if they increase the Budget for Modernize of our Armed Forces because of this creeping invasion.

Let's see how those 2,000 School Building will help to stop this threat.

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Furbolling
Sep 3 2013, 07:40 PM
this should be a big Slam in the face of our Honourable who didn't care about modernization of our Armed Forces.




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To Our Dearest Filipino Constituents

No need to be alarmed. - Don't worry about those concrete blocks. China has assured us (need to check my offshore bank account) they are artificial coral reefs as they want to restore the shoal to its original state after they realized they had plundered and destroyed the ecosystem. The communist Chinese swore they love us so much that they even want your land and resources.

Please petition your president to restore our pork barrel. We love you because you always vote us back into office.

We only live to fool you.......
:nono: Your (Dis)honourable Politician(s)

How's that for a reply letter from them? :lollol:
Edited by Hong Nam, Sep 3 2013, 08:07 PM.

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Just as I suspected... sabi ko na nga ba eh, sasabayan nila ang gulo sa Syria! now what???
Edited by Andres Boning, Sep 3 2013, 08:28 PM.
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Chekwa Imperials have no respect for those they view as inferior to them so let be a lesson for all that majority of the chinese Imperialist look down on us.
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