Time to Stop Using Arbitration for Selfish Gains

The arbitration tribunal has put its own authority in question by redefining the case against China put before it by the Philippines. All nations should be concerned about what would become of China’s maritime entitlements in the South China Sea if we let UNCLOS serve as the sole exclusionary source of such entitlements.

Hai Boping Guest Researcher, School of International Studies, Peking University via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1OzoFYt