China will neither recognize nor implement the ruling from unilaterally initiated arbitration by the Philippines on the South China Sea issue as well as further similar arbitration cases, as they are illegal and not based on historic facts, a top Chinese diplomat said.
Just take a look at what happened in the world while I was burying myself in the project of allowing the voices of professional young people be heard over the South China Sea arbitration case in The Hague.
China will conduct military training from Tuesday to Thursday in the waters of the South China Sea, according to a navigation alert issued on Monday.
Four of the five members of the illegal arbitral tribunal on the South China Sea case were appointed by Shunji Yanai, former president of the Inter- national Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
Editor's note: The Public International Law Colloquium on Maritime Dispute Settlement, held in Hong Kong on Friday and Saturday, attracted more than 200 legal experts from a number of countries, including China, the United States, Australia and France.
In the aftermath of the arbitral ruling presented by The Hague's Arbitral Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on July 12, John Anthony Carty, a professor at Tsinghua University, is among a number of international academics and maritime experts who are now questioning the decision's denial of Chinese rights in the South China Sea.
Most Southeast Asian countries are not likely to follow Manila's suit of unilaterally initiating an arbitration case against China, experts said on Monday at a think tank seminar on the South China Sea issue.
The Chinese Air Force has confirmed it undertook a recent H-6K bombers patrol around Huangyan Island above the South China Sea, and said such regularized patrols would continue.
Research vessel Zhang Qian arrives at target waters in South China Sea, July 17, 2016. The vessel, named after ancient Chinese diplomat Zhang Qian (164 BC-114 BC), will test the ship's navigation abilities and equipment during its two-month voyage to the Southern Pacific.
Tung Chee-hwa, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Few other trips made by Premier Li Keqiang have been more sensitively and subtly timed than his first foreign journey of the year－an official visit to Mongolia, where he also attended the 11th ASEM Summit that concluded on Saturday.
Naval chiefs from China and the United States are set to hold their first face-to-face meeting since the July 12 ruling on the arbitration case brought by the Philippines, which has intensified tensions in the South China Sea.
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