https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/features/chance-china-gas-deal-worries-filipino-fishermen-181101213758521.html
Author: Santiago Arnaiz and Vittoria Elliott
Title: ”No chance against China”: Gas deal worries Filipino fishermen.
Publication Title: Aljazeera
Date: November 1st, 2018
This article states that China and the Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte have a great relationship. Unfortunately that is bad news for fishermen on the island of San Salvador, Philippines. Fishermen used to earn supplemental income of about $130-$165 dollars per week by catching aquarium fish near Scarborough Shoal, in the past six years things have changed a lot. Now on a lucky week fishermen might be able to earn about $37 dollars, because Scarborough Shoal has become offlimit. The reason why filipino are no longer allowed to fish there is because China established a blockade on the area.
A court from The Hague, ruled that China had broken U.N Convention laws, and that the shoal is within Philippines territory. The area below the sea bed is estimated to be rich in oil and gas, The Filipino President, signed an agreement to allow China extract oild and gas from the disputed area. It is great for businesses, but not for the local fishermen.
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