A transformative moment in the South China Sea

By Yen Makabenta

Jul 13, 2016 10:19 pm

WHEN the UN Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) finally handed down its verdict (The Hague tribunal calls it an award), the whole world strained to find the words that would best describe what had just happened.

The media and international community chorused in saying it was a historic legal declaration.

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