By Sienho Yee

July 8, 2015

"A tribunal established at the request of the Philippines is currently holding hearings at The Hague to examine its jurisdiction in the South China Sea Arbitration (the Philippines v. China).

Previously the Chinese government has declared its policy of not accepting or participating in the proceedings and published the Position Paper of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Matter of Jurisdiction in the South China Sea Arbitration Initiated by the Republic of the Philippines on Dec 7, 2014 to elaborate its position that the Tribunal manifestly has no jurisdiction."

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