China’s environmental protection reports are unlikely to put to rest the Philippines’ concerns about the destruction of marine life around Scarborough Shoal, says this ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute academic. SINGAPORE: In a highly unusual move, China released three documents related to environmental protection last month. Two of them concern China’s disputed claims in the South China Sea: The Scarborough Shoal, which Beijing currently controls, and the Second Thomas Shoal, where the Philippine