By Richard Javad Heydarian

December 14, 2014

"In recent years, the South China Sea has (once again) transformed into a theatre of competition among rival claimant states. Outmatched and outgunned by China, the Philippines has sought to resolve the disputes by resorting to legal arbitration, hoping that international law, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), will serve as an amicable basis for settling maritime conflicts.

But China has unequivocally rejected the arbitration process as an infringement on its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, recently releasing a position paper that details its rationale for opposing any third-party intervention in the disputes."

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