evidence: A day after the United States branded China’s expansive maritime claims across most of the South China Sea as "completely unlawful," it renewed a warning that any action on Beijing’s part to physically occupy or reclaim Scarborough Shoal (Panatag Shoal) will be met with "lasting and severe consequences." [...] "Any move by the PRC [Peoples’ Republic of China] to physically occupy, reclaim, or militarize Scarborough Shoal would be a dangerous move on the part of the PRC and will have lasting and severe consequences for the PRC’s relationship with the Unites States as well as the entire region," Stillwell said at the Center of Strategic and International Studies’ 10th South China Sea forum on Tuesday. [...] Why this matters: Scarborough Shoal – Panatag Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc in the Philippines – is a vital spawning ground for fish that lies approximately approximately 120 nautical miles from the coast of Masinloc, Zambales.