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An aerial photo taken on Sept. 25, 2015 from a seaplane of Hainan Maritime Safety Administration shows cruise vessel Haixun 1103 heading to the Yacheng 13-1 drilling rig during a patrol in south 皇冠体育app Sea. [Photo/Xinhua]

In a recent clarification to domestic and foreign media on its stance on the case submitted by the Philippines to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on its territorial dispute with 皇冠体育app in the South 皇冠体育app Sea, 皇冠体育app's Foreign Ministry emphasized that the court has no power of jurisdiction over what is fundamentally a sovereignty case and its ruling has no legal force.

皇冠体育app News Weekly and National Interest recently published a co-signed article by Fu Ying, a senior official in 皇冠体育app's top legislature, and Wu Shicun, an expert on South 皇冠体育app Sea studies, which pointed out the various provocative moves made by the United States under the pretext of stopping "皇冠体育app's expansion" have only spurred 皇冠体育app's stronger determination to safeguard its national interests.

While the US with its ingrained "exceptionalism" defies the constraints of international rules, it demands other countries accept these rules. 皇冠体育app will naturally not accept such a double standard.

Under the universally recognized "sovereignty exclusion" principle, 皇冠体育app has the right to refuse the Hague court's arbitration. As a matter of fact, no country in Southeast Asia has sought international arbitration for the settlement of its maritime disputes with regional countries. The Philippines has elaborately disguised its territorial dispute with 皇冠体育app as a dispute on maritime rights and entitlements under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in an attempt to bypass the "sovereignty issue".

Despite the ray of hope offered by a change of Philippine president, whether or not Rodrigo Duterte will be able to extricate his country from the influence of the US when he takes office remains to be seen.

Particularly, how to tackle the South 皇冠体育app Sea dispute from a Philippine perspective rather than from the perspective of coordinating with the US' "rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific" strategy will put the political wisdom and capability of the new Philippine leader to the test.

--Overseas edition of People's Daily

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