Taipei Times
Date: Jul 11, 2016
By: Lu Yi-hsuan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer

If China fails to recognize the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling in the suit filed by the Philippines over China’s sovereignty claims in the South China Sea as it has threatened, Beijing will suffer a loss of credibility in the international arena, Taiwan Brain Trust associate executive director Lin Ting-hui (林廷輝) said.

The court in The Hague, Netherlands, is set to deliver its ruling tomorrow morning.

The Philippines brought the case in 2013, arguing that the land formations China claims in the South China Sea are nothing more than reefs and are therefore not entitled to 200 nautical mile (370.4km) exclusive economic zones.

Even before Manila filed its suit, China said it would not recognize the tribunal’s jurisdiction and it has repeatedly said that it “does not accept, will not participate in and will not execute [the results of]” the court’s ruling.     [FULL  STORY]