Who owns the West Philippine Sea? In 2016, the Philippines won its case against China in a landmark arbitral ruling at the Permanent Court of Arbitration based in The Hague. The international court ...
The 2016 arbitral ruling upheld the Philippines’ rights over the West Philippine Sea and invalidated China’s infamous ...
including most of the West Philippine Sea, even if such a claim has been effectively invalidated by the arbitral award issued in July 2016. This landmark ruling stemmed from a case filed by Manila in ...
The 2016 Arbitral Ruling ... the Philippine coastline and well within its EEZ. Analysts argue that this recent deployment serves as reconnaissance, surveillance, and intelligence-gathering, supporting ...