July 8, 2015

"The Philippines has asked an international tribunal to declare as invalid China's claims to virtually all of the South China Sea, saying Beijing's actions have trampled other nations' rights and irreversibly damaged coral reefs.

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario told the tribunal in The Hague on Tuesday that China's strategy was to gradually take control of the sprawling waters without sparking a crisis. Philippine officials provided his statement to journalists in Manila on Wednesday."

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