A Chinese academic symposium in Guangzhou has asserted that the Batanes islands are a natural extension of Taiwan and thus belong to China. This claim, made by scholars from Jinan University, has been met with rejection from Philippine historians and officials who contest the geographical, historical, and treaty-based arguments. The symposium was reportedly a response to a recent Philippines-Japan agreement to negotiate maritime boundaries, which China views as an infringement on its sovereignty. AI
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