Title:

 U.S. ‘hypocrisy’ and Chinese cash strengthen Beijing’s hand in South China Sea

Author:

Simon Denyer

Source:

The Washington Post

Date:

 June 19, 2016

Description:

The latest was Kenya. Before that: Lesotho, Vanuatu and Afghanistan. The list of countries backing Beijing’s stance in the South China Sea just keeps growing — China’s Foreign Ministry boasted last week that nearly 60 had swung behind the country’s rejection of international arbitration in a case brought by the Philippines.