CHINA rejected the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling in favor of the Philippines in our maritime dispute over certain features in the South China Sea. China based its claim to the islands in the Spratlys based on their long history, claiming that they discovered those islands way back in the 13th century and gave names to them (i.e., Nansha for what we call the Spratlys and Shisha for what others call the Paracels); and based on international law, the country that made the discovery and gave names to places has the right to sovereignty. China rejected the PCA ruling on the ground that the PCA has no jurisdiction to rule on sovereignty issues; the so-called arbitration is no arbitration at all because arbitration involves two parties willing to be arbitrated, which is lacking in the case which was filed by the Philippine alone; and, that the PCA at The Hague is not part of the United Nations at all.