Philippines Bolsters Arbitration Case Against China

The Philippines on Monday sent more than 3,000 pages of additional supporting materials for its case with the Permanent Court of Arbitration that questions China’s claims in the South China Sea. With this submission, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs added 12 more volumes to the already voluminous 4,000-page pleading it sent to the Court in The Hague a year ago. Foreign Affairs Spokesman Charles Jose said the submission addresses concerns on the merits of the Philippines’...

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