Carpio: PH must protest China's no high seas claim in South China Sea

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SCARBOROUGH SHOAL. File photo shows an aerial view of a China Coast Guard ship navigating near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, in the South China Sea, August 13, 2025.

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Retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio warns of dire consequences if Manila does not make a 'counter declaration' to China's claim that there are no high seas in the South China Sea

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines should protest China’s declaration that the High Seas Treaty does not apply to the South China Sea or else it will lose “an area larger than our total land area,” warned retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio.