“The Julian Felipe Reef is part of China's Nansha Islands (Spratly Island Group).”
Chinese Embassy in Manila
Claim dated 5 Apr 2021.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
The Julian Felipe Reef, located around 324 kilometers or 175 nautical miles west of Bataraza town in Palawan province, is within the Philippines’ 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea. It is 638.229 nautical miles away from China’s Hainan Island.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Chinese Embassy in Manila 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 “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- ph.china-embassy.orghttp://ph.china-embassy.org/eng/sgfyrbt/t1866914.htm
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