Title:

 Beijing likely to set its own course in South China Sea dispute with Philippines

Author:

Mark Valencia

Source:

South China Morning Post

Date:

 January 5, 2016

Description:

Last October, in a unanimous decision, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague announced that it has jurisdiction to hear seven of the Philippines’ 15 complaints in the dispute with China over islands in the South China Sea. Thus, the Philippines “won” the first round of its case.