http://thediplomat.com/2016/07/of-course-china-like-all-great-powers-will-ignore-an-international-legal-verdict/
Of Course China, Like All Great Powers, Will Ignore an International Legal Verdict
In ignoring an upcoming verdict on the South China Sea, Beijing is following well-established precedent by great powers.
By Graham Allison
July 11, 2016
This
week the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) will deliver its award in
the Philippines’ case against China over maritime disputes in the South
China Sea. In a bid to thwart Beijing’s attempt to turn the South China
Sea into its own virtual lake, Manila contends that China’s claim to
exclusive sovereignty over all the islands and shoals within the
nine-dashed line – which encompasses 86 percent of the Sea – has no
basis in international law. There is not much suspense about what the
tribunal will decide: it will almost certainly side with the
Philippines. The United States and its allies have already started
criticizing China for signaling in advance that it will ignore the
court’s ruling, which one Chinese official derided last week as
“nothing more than a piece of paper.”
http://thediplomat.com/2016/07/of-course-china-like-all-great-powers-will-ignore-an-international-legal-verdict/
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