InterAksyon.com, citing Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, reports that "President Benigno Aquino III was ’delighted and proud’ of National Book Store for recalling China-manufactured globes that showed the disputed territories as part of China."
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The report revealed: "In his letter of commendation to NBS vice president for purchasing Cecilia Ramos-Licauco, del Rosario said the company demonstrated ’its patriotism in the protection of Philippine sovereign rights over West Philippine Sea’ when it withdrew the globes from its shelves."
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The report explained that "the globes contained China’s contentious nine-dash line encompassing almost the entire West Philippine Sea, including the Spratlys and the Scarborough Shoal, which have been the flashpoints in the relationship between the two countries."
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