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Mar 7, 2016

China makes sure Jackson atoll won’t be another Ayungin

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE Chinese have not occupied Jackson Atoll (Philippine name is Quirino and Wufang Jiao in Chinese)  in the Spratlys, as erroneously reported in Philippines media. Not yet. But the Chinese were there last December as related by the spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Hong Lei in his regular press

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Jun 2, 2011

China fired at Filipino fishermen in Jackson atoll

By TESSA JAMANDRE
“This is Chinese Warship 560. You are in the China territory. Leave the area immediately.”
Upon hearing this warning through a marine band radio, three Philippine boats fishing in Quirino, or Jackson atoll, a Philippine-claimed islet off Palawan in the disputed Spratly Islands, scampered away. But the Chinese warship still fired three shots at the vessels.

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