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Duterte approves DFA proposal to stamp visas with PHL map that includes the country’s S. China Sea claims on Chinese passports

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the Department of Foreign Affairs’ proposal to stamp visas for Chinese nationals in their passports, the Palace said. The visas, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, will contain a map of the Philippines including the Southeast Asian country’s claims in the South China Sea. Chinese passports contain a map of China including its nine-dash line that delineates China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea. Prior to this, the practice […]