By Li Kaisheng

July 23, 2015

"On Tuesday, US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel said that the US is not always neutral in the South China Sea, claiming that 'we are not neutral when it comes to adhering to international law.' Just three days before, the US Pacific Fleet Chief Scott Swift joined surveillance of South China Sea on board a P-8A Poseidon aircraft for seven hours. The Philippines' presidential spokesman Herminio Coloma called it 'additional voices' of a 'move for a peaceful resolution,' and said 'we welcome the growing support for the position of our country.'

Manila submitted the South China Sea dispute to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which the Philippines thinks gives it an advantage."

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