Philippines wins South China Sea case against China

Jul 12, 2016 13:01


China has lost a key international legal case over strategic reefs and atolls that it claims would give it control over disputed waters of the South China Sea.

The judgment by an international tribunal in The Hague is overwhelmingly in favour of claims by the Philippines and will increase global diplomatic pressure on Beijing to scale back military ( Read more... )

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soleiltropiques July 13 2016, 21:25:23 UTC
Thanks for posting about this, OP, as it is a very important problem.

This situation is really worrisome. I HOPE cooler heads prevail. Also, the behavior of the Chinese government in this has been reprehensible.

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