A special tribunal at The Hague has ruled that China has no right to build up islands and has no basis for claiming jurisdiction over much of the South China Sea. The tribunal was under the auspices of the United Nations and China is therefore legally bound to honor it. However, they are not. China "does not accept or acknowledge" the tribunal or the ruling, China's state Xinhua news agency said.
The tribunal also ruled that China had interfered with Philippine petroleum exploration, tried to stop fishing by Philippine vessels within the country's exclusive economic zone and failed to prevent Chinese fishermen from fishing within that zone.
China is essentially saying to the world, "What are you going to do about it?" Indeed, they summoned their demobilized sailors and officers for training drills and exercises that apparently started just days ago.
China, Russia, Iran and North Korea all know that Obama will be gone within a few months and they are all making concerted efforts to gain territory, influence and power before that happens. The worst that can happen, they theorize, is that Obama will reach into his closet, grab a marker and draw a red line someplace.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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