Beijing must follow the “established order” of international law by abiding by  any decision of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (Itlos) on  territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), according to an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

Charles Jose, Foreign Affairs spokesman, said in an e-mail on Thursday it would be in China’s “interest to operate within the established order rather than outside of it.”

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