Manila's name game

By renaming a part of the South China Sea the "West Philippine Sea", Manila has managed again to whip up tensions between itself and China, especially since the waters it claims as its maritime territory in fact contain China's Huangyan Island.

It is only natural that Beijing would strongly oppose such a reckless decision.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer, reporting information that was only released on Wednesday, recently said that Philippine President Benigno Aquino signed an administrative order on Sept 5 to give the name "West Philippine Sea" to the parts of the South China Sea that "fall within the country's exclusive economic zone". Aquino said that zone includes Scarborough Shoal, which has been long known in China as Huangyan Island.