Manila uses "West Philippine Sea" for waters in its maritime zone, where China's expanding presence challenges the U.S. ally.

The West Philippine Sea label was placed at the left portion of Mindoro and Luzon islands of the Google Maps. Screenshot The South China Sea label remains at the northwest of the West Philippine ...

His remarks came after Google Maps updated its display to show the name "West Philippine Sea" for the body of water next to ...

BEIJING derided the American tech giant Google for naming a portion of South China Sea as ... the “West Philippine Sea” in its mapping service platforms Google Maps and Google Earth.

A quick inspection of Google Maps as of Monday, April 14, would indicate that the digital mapping navigation platform used the West Philippine Sea designation in parts of the South China Sea. The ...

AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said the inclusion of the WPS in Google Maps also upheld the 2016 arbitral ruling that invalidated Beijing’s sweeping claims in the South China Sea. “As ...

Taiwan has similar claims, but China asserts ownership over nearly the entire South China Sea through its disputed “nine-dash line” historical map, a claim ruled illegal by a 2016 decision from the ...

Google Maps, Google Earth and Flight Radar now distinguish West Philippine Sea from South China Sea. The world’s most popular digital cartographs thus validate Philippines’ exclusive economic zone ...

The Marcos administration again voiced concerns over “actions by other countries” that have endangered lives at sea and ...

His focus is on East Asian ... grip on the South Caucasus country with strategically important Black Sea access. Central Asia could be an areas of contest between Russia and China.

As tech advances, definition of border regions and national sovereignty expected to expand to airspace sovereignty and ...