{"id":333740,"date":"2025-04-22T10:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T05:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=333740"},"modified":"2025-04-23T17:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:42:02","slug":"scarborough-shoal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scarborough-shoal\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarborough Shoal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News- <\/strong>China has accused the Philippines of an intrusion into the disputed waters of Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea (SCS).<\/p>\n<h2>About Scarborough Shoal<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_333743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333743\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-333743\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scarborough-Shoal.png?resize=430%2C243&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Scarborough Shoal\" width=\"430\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scarborough-Shoal.png?w=689&amp;ssl=1 689w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scarborough-Shoal.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- India Today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <em>largest atoll in the South China Sea<\/em>, situated about 220 km west of the Philippines.<\/li>\n<li>While it lies within the <em>Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)<\/em> of the Philippines, it has been claimed by China as part of its ancestral territory, citing the <em>nine-dash line<\/em> since the 13th century.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marine Significance<\/strong>: The area is known for its rich marine life, including commercially valuable species like shellfish and sea cucumbers, making it a productive fishing ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Disputed Islands in the South China Sea: <\/strong><em>Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands<\/em> are other key areas of dispute in the region.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>South China Sea- <\/strong>It is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by several countries, including Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News- China has accused the Philippines of an intrusion into the disputed waters of Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea (SCS). About Scarborough Shoal It is the largest atoll in the South China Sea, situated about 220 km west of the Philippines. While it lies within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Philippines,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scarborough-shoal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scarborough Shoal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":333928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-333740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scarborough-Shoal-1.png?fit=689%2C389&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}