“[R]ecent statements on the Ayungin Shoal tension are close to being hilarious.
They claim that China was ignoring the July 12, 2016 decision of the ad hoc arbitral tribunal on the suit filed by the Philippines against China in 2013..
Why don’t they read the decision itself? ... The tribunal's decision on this particular aspect of the Philippine suit against China all but strengthened China's hold on the shoal it calls Ren'ai Jiao.”