Hong Kong, May 10 (CNA) A group of Hong Kong activists protested outside the Philippine consulate office Thursday against a standoff near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, reiterating China's sovereignty claim over the reef since the 1200s in a month-long territorial row with the Philippines.

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