Chinese nationalists on social media are laying claim to a major Philippine island amid a simmering territorial dispute with the U.S. ally. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and ...

said that the Philippine territory is regulated by the Treaty of Paris as that was amplified, clarified and amended by the Treaty of Washington… That is factually, legally and historically ...

According to Carpio, the declaration “corrects” the “greatest misconception” that Philippine territory is limited to the islands within the Paris Treaty lines. “This finally corrects the ...

This Treaty of Washington documented Spain’s cession to US of any and all islands of the Philippine Archipelago lying outside of the lines described in Article III of the Treaty of Paris of ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On December 10, 1898, Spain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris to end the Spanish-American War. Puerto Rico and Guam were ceded to ...

We're talking about a piece of Philippine territory." The U.S. role in the China-Philippines conflict The U.S. has a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines, which means the U.S. is bound to ...

Thirteen states were carved from the Louisiana Territory ... territories through the Treaty of Paris; this treaty also granted the U.S. control of the Philippines, but the nation would later ...

The commission added that the 1898 Treaty of Paris, as amended by the 1900 Treaty of Washington, defines Philippine territory as it exists today. "These claims are not just historically inaccurate ...