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MANILA, Philippines – Eights years after an arbitral tribunal unanimously deemed China’s sweeping claim over the South China Sea invalid, the United States and other countries called on Beijing to finally comply with the ruling.

The 2016 award was handed down on July 12, 2016 by an arbitral tribunal formed under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention.

The tribunal deemed China’s sweeping claim of almost all the South China Sea invalid, and scored Beijing for its island-making activities in disputed waters, which destroyed the marine environment. China did not participate in the arbitration and has refused to recognize the ruling.

China continues to insist that it has territorial rights over almost all of the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea or waters in the Phi…

Source:https://www.rappler.com/philippines/countries-urge-china-follow-2016-hague-ruling-arbitral-award/