As I say, it is too early to judge before investigations came out~ we don;t know yet the circumstances in which the shooting was conducted.
And shooting foreign vessels is not uncommon. Last year Korean and Palau also shot Chinese crewmen, as per the circumstances demand.
If the shooting was indeed done without proper protocol, then the Philippines must apologize.
Following the same argument, If the circumstances at the time demand the shooting, then It will be the Taiwan part to apologize for breaching Philippines border.
What I'm objected is the misinformation spread by Chinese/Taiwanese media to discredit Philippines, which is the case that I've shown and proven here.
This is not assumption, this is scientifically and anthropologically proven fact of histories.
This is why I've argued many times, Chinese historical education are at best Sinocentric if not Chauvinistic. Chinese look down upon other cultures as if they are non-existant barbarian and technologically primitive. The truth is far more than that.
The fact is, Austronesian culture are the only culture in the world to spread across the sea, not land. Their culture are inherently maritime-based from the beginning of their existence since 3000 BC.
This is scientific reference from Internationally reputable journal "
Nature":
Diamond, Jared M. (1988). "Express train to Polynesia". Nature 336 (6197): 307–8. doi:10.1038/336307a0.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v405/n6790/images/4051052aa.2.jpg
Other Reference:
1. Pawley, A. (2002). "
The Austronesian dispersal: languages, technologies and people". In Bellwood, Peter S.; Renfrew, Colin. Examining the farming/language dispersal hypothesis. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. pp. 251–273. ISBN 1902937201.
2. Dewar, RE; Wright, HT (1993). "
The culture history of Madagascar". Journal of World Prehistory 7 (4): 417–466. doi:10.1007/BF00997802.
3.
The Austronesians : historical and comparative perspectives. Australian National University. 2006. ISBN 1920942858.
Chinese culture, in contrast, is agricultural based, and their spread were continental-based, not archipelagic. This is China neolithic culture domain before the era of 3 Sovereigns and 5 Emperors around 3000 BC
From scientifically proven history, the filipino's ancestors as well as all South East Asian people's ancestors, had in fact sailed and conducted fisheries in the area for centuries, and even millenials, before the Chinese late comers to the sea.
You are the one who claim historic titles. If you say it is unreasonable, then Chinese historical claim is also unreasonable, and so according to UNCLOS, Taiwan cannot extend beyond the median line equidistant to each countries baseline.
We are talking about ethnicity. Taiwanese abroigines are not Han Chinese, they are Austronesian people. And by the way, excersing traditional fishing rights by the word "traditional" means, traditional fishing vessel, not some advance modern ship. And this has been excerside by Indonesian traditional fishermen by using only traditional means to fish.
That's why Chinese are so sinocentric and chauvinist~
The fact is clear, anthropologically and scientifically, that Austronesian had been exploring the sea long before the Chinese. And logically, historically wise, the Austronesian had more legitimacy to assert historical rights than the Chinese had, if we follow Chinese logic of Historical rights (傳統捕魚區
.
But Chinese keep ignoring and Chauvinistically continue looking down upon other cultures. These all are reflected by your posts and Chinese media.
Even after Taiwanese government investigations had reveal otherwise that the boat indeed was located outside Taiwan-claim border, you and the Chinese/Taiwanese media stubbornly assert the contrary or choose to ignore the official Taiwan investigation results.
http://www.cga.gov.tw/GipOpen/wSite/public/Attachment/f1368153033684.pdf