Territory - South China Sea

The Philippines summoned a Chinese envoy to convey "serious concerns" over China's recent incursions into disputed waters in the South China Sea as well as certain construction activity there, which Manila accused as "clear violation" of the 2002 ASEAN-China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea.

Later, the Philippine President's office put forward a brilliant idea of bolstering the Philippine claims to the disputed areas by declaring that it was renaming the South China Sea as the "West Philippine Sea". Presumably, the Pacific Ocean may also be renamed the East Philippine Sea in due course.