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“Ang Julian Felipe Reef ay bahagi ng Nansha Islands (Spratly Island Group) ng China.”
Chinese Embassy sa Maynila Claim dated 5 Apr 2021.
Vera Files rated thisHindi totoo

What Vera Files found

Ang Julian Felipe Reef, na matatagpuan sa paligid ng 324 na kilometro o 175 nautical miles sa kanluran ng bayan ng Bataraza sa lalawigan ng Palawan, ay nasa loob ng 200-nautical-mile na exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ng Pilipinas sa South China Sea. Ito ay 638.229 nautical miles ang layo mula sa Hainan Island ng China.

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In short

Chinese Embassy sa Maynila made this claim around 5 April 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 7 April 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Hindi totoo”.

Where the claim appeared

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