“China's nonparticipation delegitimized the arbitration proceedings in the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Philippines' case against China over the South China Sea maritime dispute.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: China’s deliberate nonparticipation in the proceedings did not hamper the arbitral tribunal — appointed in accordance with UNCLOS — from hearing and rendering judgment on the case filed by the Philippines. As stated in …