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关键词:arbitral ruling with China
概念:
“PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE IS READY TO SET ASIDE THE 2016 ARBITRAL RULING ON THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA [SOUTH CHINA SEA] TO MAKE WAY FOR THE JOINT OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION WITH BEIJING,” THE MANILA TIMES REPORTED.
DUTERTE, WHO HAS FOSTERED A WARM RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA SINCE HE ASSUMED THE PRESIDENCY IN JUNE 2016, EARLIER SAID HE WOULD RAISE THE UNITED NATIONS-BACKED RULING EVEN IF IT ANGERS XI.
PALACE: DUTERTE NOT ABANDONING PH ARBITRAL WIN ON S. CHINA SEA FOR JOINT EXPLORATION WITH CHINA
HE CITED THE COUNTRY'S UNRESOLVED DISPUTES WITH CHINA OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA, WHERE THE LATTER HAS CONTINUED INCURSIONS DESPITE A JULY 2016 INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAL RULING IN FAVOR OF THE PHILIPPINES.
DUTERTE HAS LONG BEEN CRITICIZED BY NATIONALISTS AND LEFT-WING GROUPS FOR NOT IMMEDIATELY DEMANDING CHINESE COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULING BY AN ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL IN THE HAGUE THAT DECLARED CHINA’S CLAIMS TO VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE SOUTH CHINA SEA INVALID UNDER THE 1982 U.N. CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA.
DUTERTE SHOULD REMOVE ROMUALDEZ AS A DIPLOMAT — BY DEFINITION HIS ALTER EGO IN THE US — FOR UNDERMINING HIS FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS CHINA, ACTING NOT AS AN AMBASSADOR TO THE US, BUT AS THE US GOVERNMENT’S SPOKESMAN, AND AN IGNORANT ONE TO BOOT. FIRST, IT WASN’T A UN TRIBUNAL THAT MADE A RULING. THE ARBITRAL PANEL HAD NO CONNECTION WHATEVER TO THE UNITED NATIONS. SEE MY LONG PIECE ON THIS: “FAKE NEWS? NO SUCH ‘PCA DECISION’ ON SUIT VS CHINA.”
SECOND, ANY AGREEMENT TO FORGET THE ARBITRAL AWARD AND TEAM UP WITH CHINA WILL ALSO BE A SETBACK TO THE OTHER CLAIMANTS, ESPECIALLY VIETNAM AND MALAYSIA, WHICH, LIKE THE PHILIPPINES HAVE EXPERIENCED REPEATED CHALLENGES FROM CHINA’S COASTGUARD INSIDE THEIR EEZS.
TAIWAN WAS OUTRAGED, AND DECLARED THAT IT DOESN’T RECOGNIZE THE ARBITRAL RULING, AS IT REDUCED TAIPING, THE BIGGEST ISLAND (46 HECTARES) IN THE SPRATLYS WITH AN AIRPORT AND RESORT HOTEL, TO A ROCK, AND DOES NOT HAVE AN EEZ
"IT IS THE SUPPORT OF OTHER COUNTRIES THAT REALLY STRENGTHENS THE LEVERAGE. BUT IF WE ISOLATED OURSELVES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES BY SIMPLY DROPPING THIS IN 2016 AND NOT WORKING ON BUILDING UP THAT SUPPORT, THEN WE WILL HAVE A MUCH HARDER TIME IN USING THIS ARBITRAL RULING TO GET ANY CONCESSIONS FROM CHINA," SAID THE ANALYST.
THE EPISODE WOULD BE REALLY HILARIOUS IF NOT FOR ITS VERY SERIOUS IMPACT ON OUR REPUBLIC’S TERRITORY. THE BUNGLING DUO THOUGHT THEY COULD FORCE CHINA OUT OF OUR EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (EEZ) BY FILING THE ARBITRATION CASE, INVOKING THE UNCLOS. INSTEAD, ONE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT IF WE COMPLY WITH THE ARBITRAL RULING, WE’D HAVE TO GIVE UP OUR KIG. AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH IT, AS CHINA REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THE TRIBUNAL, AND ITS RULING DOESN’T APPLY TO ANY OTHER NATION.

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