https://www.scmp.com/rss/322989/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On Tuesday, the arbitral tribunal on the South China Sea delivered a verdict that wrongfully judged that no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf can be generated from islands and reefs over which China exercises sovereignty, and that China’s historic rights within the “dotted line” have no legal basis. Chinese state media savage international tribunal rulings on South China Sea China is entitled to be excluded from compulsory arbitration, according to the UN Convention on the Law of the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1989336/no-illegal-verdict-will-ever-resolve-south-china-sea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1989336/no-illegal-verdict-will-ever-resolve-south-china-sea?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Jul 2016 07:05:58 +0000