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Philippines against South China Sea constructions

By Louise Watt
Published June 16, 2014 4:20am ET
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Philippines against South China Sea constructions
FILE - In this July 21, 2012 file photo, Chinese people chat in front of an administration office building for the Xisha, Nansha, Zhongsha islands on Yongxing Island, the government seat of Sansha City off the south China's Hainan province. China is building a school on the remote island in the South China Sea to serve the children of military personnel and others, deepening the facilities in the city it created in its campaign to claim the world's most disputed waters. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUT | AP

BEIJING (AP) — The Philippines said Monday it would propose a moratorium on construction in the South China Sea, two days after China began building a school on a rugged outpost it created to strengthen its claims to disputed waters.

Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said he will propose that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations call for a moratorium — a move that China is likely to ignore or dismiss.

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