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 | In 1895, Spain had not defined “the middle of the navigable channel of Bashi.” The negotiations between Spain and the US in 1898 clearly specified that it was located on the “20th parallel of the north latitude” and officially recognized that the islands north of this line belonged to Japan. |
| As the Spanish negotiator at the time understood it, the Bashi Strait is the strait stretching from Taiwan to Luzon Island, which places the middle along the 20th parallel. |
| Following navigation practice at the time, there were two navigable lanes in the Bashi Strait: one was the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Batan Islands, and the other was the Balintang Channel between the Batan Islands and the Babuyan Islands. |
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