May 11 protestsMeanwhile, a Filipino-American leader is urging Filipinos worldwide to join next week's protests against China.
For the group US Pinoys for Good Governance, now is the time to stand up to what it calls as China's bullying at Scarborough Shoal.
"I'm calling on the global Pinoys who are concerned about this intrusion of China and who are singing the national anthem, 'Sa manlulupig, di ka pasisiil', let's stand up and show up on Friday, May 11," said the group's leader, Loida Nicolas Lewis.
Filipinos in the US, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and other countries are expected to launch protests in front of Chinese embassies and consulates, Lewis told ANC on Wednesday.
"The international family of nations should see that this big wannabe worldpower China, is not following international law," she said.
Lewis will lead the protests in New York.
In Manila, the rallies will be spearheaded by partylist group Akbayan.
At the Foreign Affairs Department, officials asserted that the Philippine will stand its ground at Scarborough Shoal.
While the US refuses to take sides in the territorial dispute, the DFA said Manila's key ally will not tolerate the use of force and that it shares the Philippine position that the standoff must be resolved legally and peacefully.
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