West Philippine Sea Issue!
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It
is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name),
in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of
Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luzon, Mindoro and Palawan),
and in the south by Borneo, eastern Sumatra and the Bangka Belitung
Islands, encompassing an area of around 3,500,000 km (1,400,000 sq mi).
It communicates with the East China Sea via the Taiwan Strait, the
Philippine Sea via the Luzon Strait, the Sulu Sea via the straits around
Palawan (e.g. the Mindoro and Balabac Strait), the Strait of Malacca via
the Strait of Singapore, and the Java Sea via the Karimata and Bangka
Strait. The Gulf of Thailand and the Gulf of Tonkin are also part of the
South China Sea. The shallow waters south of the Riau Islands are also
known as the Natuna Sea. The South China Sea is a region of tremendous
economic and geostrategic importance. One-third of the world's maritime
shipping passes through it, carrying over US$3 trillion in trade each
year. Huge oil and natural gas reserves are believed to lie beneath its
seabed. It also contain lucrative fisheries, which are crucial for the
food security of millions in Southeast Asia. The South China Sea
Islands, collectively comprising several archipelago clusters of mostly
small uninhabited islands, islets (cays and shoals), reefs/atolls and
seamounts numbering in the hundreds, are subject to competing claims of
sovereignty by several countries. These claims are also reflected in the
variety of names used for the islands and the sea.
May be we can fight china but alot of people will die and lots of
filipino will suffer and our country will be the battle field of this if
we fight china, let's just pray that there will be no war will do in the
future. china has a lot of equipments unlike philippines but for our
pride I know that even a lot of filipino will die a lot of us will fight
for our country and thats what filipino pride is!