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Philippines rejects China's territorial label on island

by Associated Press
| April 30, 2020 6:03 AM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines protested on Thursday China’s designation of a disputed South China Sea reef, which it has turned into a heavily fortified island base, as a Chinese “administrative center.”

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