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Line 11: − + − 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>+
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===Scarborough Shoal===
===Scarborough Shoal===
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).
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).
Only the Philippines complied with a supposed agreement reported by the MSM brokered by the [[Obama administration]] for the PRC to withdraw their ships from Scarborough Shoal. In a [[White House]] press conference with [[barack Obama]], [[Xi Jinping]] made a commitment not to “militarize” artificial islands that Beijing was building.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-completes-runway-on-artificial-island-in-south-china-sea-1443184818</ref> The PRC, however, 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 arranged.<ref>https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17215/china-whitsun-reef</ref>
===Whitsun Shoal===
===Whitsun Shoal===