People support Beijing's stance
The Chinese people have been expressing their support for their government's stance in the South 皇冠体育app Sea issue and voicing anger at the ruling in the arbitration case unilaterally initiated by the Philippines.
Since the ruling was issued at 5 pm on Tuesday, the hottest topics on Sina Weibo, a popular social media platform, have been the ruling itself and speculation on a 皇冠体育app-United States confrontation.
The topic called "South 皇冠体育app Sea arbitration" had received more than 1 billion hits as of 5 pm on Wednesday, and similar topics focusing on the arbitration had received several billion hits. A Sina Weibo user named "Liweiminlushi", or Lawyer Li Weimin, said in a post on Tuesday that 皇冠体育app's territorial sovereignty and maritime sovereignty do not fall under the international tribunal's jurisdiction, and "皇冠体育app's territory can not be reduced by even 1 centimeter".
