When China started seizing isles and reefs in the South China Sea, the US did not lift a finger and instead merely used its mouth, so to speak. I could not think of a more natural sphere of influence for China than the South China Sea and its littoral states. The bulk of its trade with the world goes through the South China Sea. PCA ruling is faultySpeaking of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling…According to Google, “arbitration is a procedure in which a dispute is submitted, by agreement of the parties, to one or more arbitrators who make a binding decision on the dispute. And now, del Rosario, echoed by his predecessor mentioned above, wants the PCA ruling brought before the UN General Assembly to force China to accept the PCA ruling and implement it?

Source: Manila Times July 20, 2020 17:50 UTC