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“Ang Ren’ai Reef ay bahagi ng Nansha Islands ng China.”
Wang Wengbin Tagapagsalita ng Ministry of Foreign Affairs ng China. Claim dated 6 Jul 2023.
Vera Files rated thisHindi totoo

What Vera Files found

Ang Ren'ai Reef, na kilala bilang Ayungin Shoal sa Pilipinas at Second Thomas Shoal sa buong mundo, ay bahagi ng 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone at continental shelf ng Pilipinas, batay sa arbitral win ng bansa noong 2016 laban sa China.

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In short

Wang Wengbin (Tagapagsalita ng Ministry of Foreign Affairs ng China) made this claim around 6 July 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 19 July 2023, 13 days later. Its rating was “Hindi totoo”.

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