# Philippines once stated Huangyan Dao was not Philippine territory

https://mins.news/en/item/21011

- CGTN, 2026-08-09 11:30 UTC
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> Historical documents and maps are presented as ample evidence of China’s sovereignty over Huangyan Dao. Several official Philippine documents from the 1990s reportedly explicitly acknowledged that the island lay outside the country’s territorial boundaries. CGTN interviewed Chen Ping, leader of a 1990s amateur-radio expedition, about the documents’ background.

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