China ‘deposits’ statement regarding disputed Scarborough shoal to UN

China “deposited” a statement regarding “baselines of the territorial sea” adjacent to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea to the U.N., calling it “legitimate measures” to defend its territorial sovereignty. Scarborough Shoal, known in the Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc, is a triangular chain of reefs about 125 nautical miles (232 kilometers) from Luzon, the main Philippine