October 30, 2015

"The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration sent a gift to the Philippines on Thursday, ruling that it has jurisdiction over the case filed by the Philippines against China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.

The Chinese foreign ministry on Friday said that the ruling is null and void, and has no binding effect on China.

China has been rejecting the Hague-based court's authority in this case since Manila filed the case in 2013. Some people in the West accused China of despising international law. But they have ignored that China is actually doing so in accordance with the rights given by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)."

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