The deception indeed has been so powerful that even my esteemed colleague in this newspaper, whose columns I’ve admired, Fr. How many readers of this paper would bother to read the increasing scholarly studies exposing the hoax that was the arbitration award? However, it was totally silent on the legitimacy of China, Vietnam and Taiwan’s territorial claims over these areas. They knew that while the arbitration suit would settle nothing, it would have at least consequences that would aid its encirclement campaign against China. I hope The Manila Times’ owners give him complimentary copies so he can do so easily.

Source: Manila Times August 04, 2020 16:17 UTC