China Rejects Arbitration of Disputes in South China Sea
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China rejects and won’t join an international arbitration of its territorial dispute with the Philippines in the South China Sea, according to a position paper released today through the state-run Xinhua news agency.
A week before China must submit its defense to Philippine charges at a United Nations panel, the government outlined 93 points, reiterating that it holds sole sovereignty in the area and that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea has no jurisdiction over territorial claims.