PH ‘categorically rejects’ Beijing claims on South China Sea award: It’s final, binding
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The Philippines categorically rejects Beijing's claims challenging the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award. Tensions escalate ahead of the award's 10th anniversary with increased Chinese diplomatic and social media efforts to negate the ruling.
The Chinese embassy in Manila floods its social media accounts with claims that both belittle and reject the 2016 Arbitral Award, two weeks before the 10th anniversary of the landmark award