It’s like a fuzzy red line that China imposes on its weaker neighbours involved in the South China Sea dispute: protest all you like about the militarisation and artificial island-building, just don’t mention the international court ruling that rejected Beijing’s far-reaching territorial claims.
It’s like a fuzzy red line that China imposes on its weaker neighbours involved in theSouth China Sea) appeared to abide by this unspoken rule from the behemoth next door.Until recently, the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean have been few and far between.Though the landmark award by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in 2016 leaned in favour of the Southeast Asian claimants, statements from those countries’ leaders invoking the ruling against China And while tensions often run high over Chinese maritime assertions, regional hand-wringing has never spiralled into full-on finger-wagging against Beijing’s decision to ignore the ruling.