Are political narratives overshadowing legal realities in the South China Sea?
2025-07-15 17:05:20 source：Bejing Scroll
July 15, 2025
On July 10, the "Workshop on History and Reality of South China Sea 2025", co-hosted by the Huayang Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance (Huayang Center) and the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS) was held in Beijing. More than 150 experts, scholars, and institutional representatives from over ten countries and regions – including China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, and Germany – attended the conference.
Participants engaged in in-depth discussions and exchanges on topics such as "Post WWII International Order and Sovereignty over Nanhai Zhudao", "History of the South China Sea from Political and Legal Perspectives", and "Re-evaluation of the South China Sea Arbitration Award."
Diplomats from the embassies of Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, Mexico, the European Union, and other countries and international organizations in China also attended the event.
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