Analysts have said Beijing’s plan to categorize the shoal as a nature reserve amounts to trying to take the moral high ground in the dispute over the atoll, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Sep. 2025
The shoals attract diving gannets and orcas.
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David Greig
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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