SUMMARY
Claim: China recognizes the Philippines’ territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea.
Why we fact-checked this: The YouTube video bearing the claim has 62,348 views and 393 comments as of writing. It was posted on June 7, 2024, by a channel with 3,030 subscribers.
In its thumbnail, headline, and description, the YouTube video asserts that China “recognizes,” “admitted,” and “acknowledged” the Philippines’ claim in the West Philippine Sea. The video states in the description that this is a “significant and crucial” development in the ongoing dispute between Manila and Beijing.
The video contains snippets of a June 6 interview of former Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio with One News. In the interview, Carpio said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recognition of…