Expect Beijing to lash out if a ruling on South China Sea claims goes against it

SHANGHAI—In the countdown to a legal verdict on China’s sweeping claims to the South China Sea, an increasingly frantic Beijing is mobilizing a diplomatic offensive around three core arguments: that the U.N.-backed tribunal has no legal right to hear the case, that America has instigated all the trouble and that China is the victim.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-danger-of-chinas-victim-mentality-1465880577