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<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="slammed">slammed</span> <span word="Manila">Manila</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="attempt">attempt</span> <span word="to">to</span> "<span word="rename">rename</span>" <span word="Huangyan">Huangyan</span> <span word="Island">Island</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="launch">launch</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="deepwater">deepwater</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="rig">rig</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Sea">Sea</span>.</p><p><span word="Manila">Manila</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> "<span word="rename">rename</span>" <span word="Huangyan">Huangyan</span> <span word="Island">Island</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Panatag">Panatag</span> <span word="Shoal">Shoal</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="considering">considering</span> <span word="removing">removing</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p><p><span word="Manila">Manila</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="involve">involve</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="organizations">organizations</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dispute">dispute</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="raising">raising</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="tribunals">tribunals</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Manila">Manila</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="actions">actions</span> <span word="targeting">targeting</span> <span word="Huangyan">Huangyan</span> <span word="Island">Island</span> <span word="are">are</span>"<span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="invalid">invalid</span>", <span word="and">and</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="belongs">belongs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="strongly">strongly</span> <span word="urge">urge</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Philippines">Philippines</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="diplomacy">diplomacy</span>," <span word="and">and</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="remark">remark</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="complicates">complicates</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="intensifies">intensifies</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="nonsensical">nonsensical</span>, <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Lei">Lei</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="anews">anews</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>.</p><p><span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="stance">stance</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="resolving">resolving</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="diplomacy">diplomacy</span> <span word="is">is</span> "<span word="unchanged">unchanged</span>," <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="Huangyan">Huangyan</span> <span word="Island">Island</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="integral">integral</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="territory">territory</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Philippines">Philippines</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="sovereignty">sovereignty</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="until">until</span> 1997.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="Philippine">Philippine</span> <span word="warship">warship</span> <span word="entered">entered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="territorial">territorial</span> <span word="waters">waters</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="April">April</span> 10, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dispatched">dispatched</span> <span word="personnel">personnel</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="harass">harass</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="fishing">fishing</span> <span word="boats">boats</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="attempted">attempted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="detain">detain</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="fishermen">fishermen</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="infringed">infringed</span> <span word="sovereignty">sovereignty</span>. <span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="patrol">patrol</span> <span word="ships">ships</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fishermen">fishermen</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="warship">warship</span> <span word="left">left</span>.</p>
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