Philippines to protest China's planned construction on disputed shoal
Manila
THE Philippines plans to file a strong protest against China after it announced preparatory work for an environmental monitoring station on a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, a Cabinet minister said on Tuesday.
China started blockading the Scarborough Shoal, an outcrop within the Philippines' 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), five years ago and the United States has warned Beijing against carrying out land reclamation work there.
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