Subscribe free to our newsletters via your
. Energy News .




ENERGY TECH
Philippines refuses to stamp Chinese passports
by Staff Writers
Manila (AFP) Nov 28, 2012


The Philippines said Wednesday it would refuse to stamp Chinese passports containing a map showing most of the China South Sea as belonging to China, as it stepped up protests over the controversial move.

The new passports have provoked angry reactions from around the region, with Vietnam, Taiwan and India all expressing their objections amid an ongoing row over Beijing's territorial claims.

The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that immigration personnel would stamp "a separate visa application form" instead of the Chinese passport.

"Through this action, the Philippines reinforces its protest against China's excessive claim over almost the entire South China Sea," the department said.

Stamping the Chinese passport could be "misconstrued" as legitimising China's claim over vast parts of the South China Sea, which are also claimed in part by the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan.

President Benigno Aquino's spokesman also said Wednesday the Philippines welcomed a recent US State Department statement that it planned to raise concerns over the new Chinese passports with China.

Last week, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario sent Beijing a formal protest letter, calling the passport maps "an excessive declaration of maritime space in violation of international law".

Foreign governments became aware this month that China had begun issuing passports with maps showing a "nine-dash line" that runs almost to the Philippine and Malaysian coasts.

Vietnam has also refused to stamp the passports while India, angered that the map claims Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai China as Chinese territory, is stamping its own map on visas given to Chinese visitors.

.


Related Links
Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com






Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle








ENERGY TECH
Tanker ship making first arctic crossing
Hammerfest, Norway (UPI) Nov 26, 2012
A large gas tanker ship is set to sail across the arctic from Europe to Japan, now possible with changing climate conditions, officials said. The Ob River, a large tanker carrying liquefied natural gas, left Norway Nov. 7 and has sailed north of Russia on its way to Japan, using an arctic route that will take 20 days off the regular journey and have it arrive in Japan in early December, ... read more


ENERGY TECH
A low-carbon Finland is a great challenge, but an achievable one

Official "Green Tuesday" Launch November 27, 2012

Poland to invest 24 billion euros in energy by 2020

Analyzing the cost of federal and other renewable energy subsidies in Texas

ENERGY TECH
Philippines refuses to stamp Chinese passports

Tanker ship making first arctic crossing

Ecuador opens bidding for Amazon oil exploration rights

BP may pay price of Emirates-U.K. spat

ENERGY TECH
Britain: Higher energy bills 'reasonable'

Areva commits to Scotland turbine plant

AREVA deploys its industrial plan to produce a 100 percent French wind power technology

Gannets could be affected by offshore energy developments

ENERGY TECH
Funneling the sun's energy

Renewable energy could power Australia

Rice unveils super-efficient solar-energy technology

Continuation of Arenales solar power plant project secured

ENERGY TECH
France begins 'energy transition' debate

Japan's ruling party promises to phase out nuclear power

Nuclear power key issue in Japan elections

Problems at nuclear waste plant described

ENERGY TECH
Marine algae seen as biofuel resource

Engineering plants for biofuels

Algae Biomass Organization hails new UCSD study showing saltwater algae viable for biofuels

Algae can draw energy from other plants

ENERGY TECH
Mr Xi in Space

China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media

China to launch manned spacecraft

Tiangong 1 Parked And Waiting As Shenzhou 10 Mission Prep Continues

ENERGY TECH
Kyoto battlelines drawn as climate talks dig into detail

Clock is ticking fast, UN climate talks told

Climate talks resume amid warnings of looming calamity

Unexpected microbes fighting harmful greenhouse gas




The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement