The South China Sea Is Not China’s
To no one’s surprise, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has upheld all key claims in a case brought by the Philippines against China on the application of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in the South China Sea. The PCA has cut the legal heart out of China’s argument that the sea is, in effect, a Chinese lake.
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MELBOURNE – To no one’s surprise, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague has upheld all the key arguments of the Philippines in its case against China on the application of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in the South China Sea. In its ruling, which employed even tougher language than most expected, the tribunal cut the legal heart out of China’s claim that the sea is, in effect, a Chinese lake.