The Chinese government, on the other hand, is asserting its own historical rights to the features. The dispute has sparked several diplomatic and military confrontations between the two countries, including a standoff at the Scarborough Shoal in 2012. The dispute remains unresolved and has become a major point of contention between the two countries. The issue in the west Philippine sea is the china are fully controlling it because of that our local fisherman can't go through that area because Chinese maritime and navy ade harassing them because of this the local products and fish caught is low, the family is now starving because of this matter.We need to END this now, stop proclaiming the west Philippine sea is yours. According to our constitution the west Philippine sea is truly ours, if you want to proclaim that said islands please make an agreement to make our local fishermen can make a sail in our local economic zone.