VERA FILES FACT CHECK: US envoy to China makes two false claims on 2016 South China Sea arbitral award
Ayungin Shoal (international name: Second Thomas Shoal) is part of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Philippines based on a 2016 arbitral ruling in the Hague, contrary to the claim of United States (U.S.) ambassador to China Nicholas Burns that it is a Philippine “sovereign territory.” Burns also erred in saying that the International […]