{"id":54145,"date":"2015-07-03T16:21:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T08:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54145"},"modified":"2015-07-03T16:25:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T08:25:44","slug":"chinese-spokesperson-we-will-not-participate-in-arbitration-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/03\/chinese-spokesperson-we-will-not-participate-in-arbitration-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese spokesperson: We will not participate in arbitration case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying’s regular press conference on July 2, 2015
(Photo courtesy of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokersperson Hua Chunying asserted that China will not participate in the Philippines\u2019 legal arbitration case in The Hague, in connection with the disputed Spratly Islands.<\/p>\n

The tribunal court has been set to conduct hearing on the case next week. It would then question China\u2019s jurisdiction and sovereignty over its reclaimed reefs, in compliance to the Law of the Sea.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the Philippines does is an obvious political provocation under the cloak of law,\u201d Hua said in a press conference, noting that the Philippines was the first country among other claimants in the disputed waters to question China\u2019s reclamation works.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy negating China\u2019s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea, the Philippines attempts to attain more illegal interests for itself and force China to make compromise on relevant issue,\u201d Hua added.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Ministry spokesperson then pointed out that the Philippines\u2019 move was futile, scoffing off the country\u2019s attempt to include other countries in the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe once again urge the Philippine side to discard illusions, meet China halfway and come back to the right track of resolving relevant disputes through negotiation and consultation,\u201d Hua said.<\/p>\n

Despite continuous calls of halt on its massive and rapid reclamation activities in the disputed reefs, China carried on with its projects and infrastructure building.<\/p>\n

In fact, \u2018facility building to fulfill relevant functions will be started in the next stage,\u2019 according to Hua.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Philippines\u2019 international legal team continued to prepare its arguments for the case amid China\u2019s pressure to dismiss such attempt.<\/p>\n

According to Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, however, even if the Philippines gets a favorable decision from the international court, the country could not expect to immediately regain reclaimed territories.<\/p>\n

The court ruling would only be one step to a series of other steps the Philippines has to take should it aim for complete control over its islands in the disputed region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will take time. We should look at this as a long-term struggle, even an inter-generational struggle,\u201d Carpio said in an interview with GMA News TV.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if we will win, the majority of the nations of the world will support us in that resolution. And we will do this every year until China complies,\u201d he added, saying that the Philippines has to reach out \u2018to the world community.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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