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→Relations with the People's Republic of China
===Relations with the People's Republic of China===
===Relations with the People's Republic of China===
====Scarborough Shoal====
====Scarborough Shoal====
The [[Obama administration]] in 2012 brokered an agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Philippines for China to withdraw their ships from Scarborough Shoal which lies within the Philippines exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Only [[Manila]] complied with the agreement. Beijing has been in firm control of Scarborough Shoal ever since. The Obama administration, despite the brazen Chinese seizure, decided not to enforce the agreement it had arranged.<ref>https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17215/china-whitsun-reef</ref>
In early 2012 vessels from the PRC mainland swarmed Scarborough Shoal which lies within the Philippines exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after the Philippines detained Chinese poachers. The shoal, just rocks above the high-tide waterline, is strategic because it guards the approaches to [[Manila]] and Subic Bays. It is only 124 nautical miles from the main Philippine island of Luzon and about 550 nautical miles from Hainan Island of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The [[Obama administration]] brokered an agreement between the PRC and the Philippines for the PRC to withdraw their ships from Scarborough Shoal. Only Manila complied with the agreement. Beijing has been in firm control of Scarborough Shoal ever since. The Obama administration, despite the brazen Chinese seizure, decided not to enforce the agreement it had arranged.<ref>https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17215/china-whitsun-reef</ref>
==Economy==
==Economy==