Philippines was still a colony of the US when at the Cairo declaration it was decided that SCS will be returned to China. When US gave independence to Philippines, she reminded Philippines that nothing in the SCS belongs to her. Even Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei etc.. were still colony.

It was clearly indicated by Arbitral Tribunal's ruling that AT had no power to award the sovereignty of the disputed reefs in favor of the Philippine over China.

Who appointed the USA to be a world ruler?

China is signatory of UNCLOS , the Philippines as well, therefore UNCLOS has jurisdiction over South China Sea conflict between China and Philippines. The problem is China is violator of international law because of its greediness.

UN members must abide international laws and must have acted in good faith. UNCLOS of 1982 and Arbitral Ruling of 2016 is a reality and must be obeyed.

Why does PH's arbitration have no legal standing? (A) International court has no jurisdiction over sovereignty issues what so ever. (B) According to UNCLOS, China and several nations for that matter, have the previlage not to join or accept any arbitrations rulings. (C) UNCLOS doesn't have anything to do with sovereignty claims which the dispute is all about in the SCS. In this case, the land feature (islands, reefs etc...) may be within PH's EEZ, but more importantly China has the sovereignty. (D) There sholud be no dispute. The post WW2 world order is clearly stipulated in the two declarations in Cairo (1943) and Potsdam (1945). The problem arises now when some states, the US in particular, do not honour their words and legal documents on which they have signed.

China was the signee of the UNCLOS. So they know that all countries are entitled to the 200 Nautical Miles territorial sea. 😮😮😮😮

At least now even the casual observer should know the difference between the UN endorsed 'International Law' and a hegemonic U.S. authored 'International Rules Based Order'.

Any disputed island with an English or Spanish name obviously had been in Chinese history books long before they were given these new colonial names. Chinese claim is not new and clearly marked long before before the U.S even existed or even prioor to the Spanish setting foot in Asia. The PH claim is recent and U.S is wants to use it as pretext for war.

If China don't recognize international law. What's the reason of all countries to recognize the One China Policy on Taiwan.

I think you mean Western rule by OUTLAWS.

9 dash line will not hold. It is hard to defend in any court. 😅😅

The panel is a bunch of fixed mindset, the Filipina panel member is a notorious quisling

I believe the commentators here are not aware that the UNCLOS arbitration was not properly carried out. An arbitration should have 2 claimants and an umpire acceptable by both parties. The 2016 arbitration is without the participation of China and without an umpire which is unlawful and invalid. At the time when the UNCLOS agreement was ratified, Philippines and China both opted out of the compulsory arbitration. Therefore both of them cannot compel other party to join the arbitration.

Who were the signatories to UNCLOS? Why did most countries at the time sign onto the Treaty? Why did some not sign onto the Treaty? Clearly, signing the Treaty was not mandatory 40 years ago. Nor was ratifying the UNCLOS Treaty internally years later. Why did PRC ratify the Treaty? These seem to be the questions left out of public discussions.

Change the world, we support with new global economic interest support China Russia we want all Asian together interest, because kick out u.s. old dollar currency old economy old hegemony remove

Absolutely an international law. Bully's will not listen to law no matter what.

The disputed area in south china sea is within in EEZ of the Philippines, and So it's clear that the UNCLOS in which agreed and signed by China to agree this law must be execute accordingly, to maintain the stability and peace in the region

China must obey and respect international law verdict that invalidate Their claims.

For your information china was one of the signatories of united national law of the sea It has consist of around more than 180 countries signatories.if you referring to a western countries you are wrong . The involved this is issues are all community of nations.

Sorry I am a bit critical of one of the guests as it is always very easy to criticize others. 😅 I thought a program like this is to educate laypersons on the UNCLOS ruling regarding the dispute in the South China Sea between 2 countries. This is a very interesting discussion regarding the ruling. Ms Yan Yan is very knowledgeable on the issue but unfortunately her answer to the first question from Ms Liu Xin was too full of legal speak. I watched her answer a few times to break down exactly what she is saying but the terminologies used just flew right past me. Maybe I am just uneducated. Island features? Nansha Qing Dao? Zongsha Qing Dao? Maritime delimitation? Status of the component features? Territorial and Maritime delimitation disputes? Jurisdiction, admissibility, the termination, nature, content of the dispute, etc?? Spirit and principles? All these terms in just one answer and the laypersons are supposed to understand the issue? Even in the second answer to Ms Liu Xin when Ms Liu Xin tried to get her to explain more plainly, a few jargons still came out. I just gasped for air. However, her subsequent replies were more down to earth. I like Prof Warwick. His answers are simple, clear, directly answering the questions and easy to understand. That is the power of real communication.

May be China should pay for advertisement space to publish the actual fact on the illegal Court hearing in main media in ASEAN eg. Singapore/Malaysia/indonesia and in London/ New York. Or publish a special report for world wide circulation.

This discussion is trying to disregard the worldwide-observed UNCLOS to which China signed as a signatory to abide by it, before the lately unilateral grab of South China Sea...Clever to have a Chinese Filipina in the panel; she's hardly known in the Phils.

RUSSIA RESPECTFUL AND FOLLOW INTERNATIONAL LAW, ONLY CHINA DEFY IT. I HOPE CHINA WILL SOON WAKE UP SOMEDAY AND HAVE THE GRATITUDE TO RESPECT EEZ OF EACH COUNTRY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA.❤❤❤

UNCLOS doesn't have anything to do with sovereignty claims which the dispute is all about in the SCS. In this case, the land feature (reef) may be within PH's EEZ, but more importantly China has the sovereignty of reef.

People seem to forget that before the UNCLOS Arbitral Tribunal tackled the complaint of the Philippines regarding the WPS/SCS there was a prior ruling where the arbitral tribunal had jurisdiction over the complaint of the Philippines. What the commentator was saying was that the Philippines play with words in order for Hague to accept the complaint was an utter lie and no one would believe this, Do you think the Hague judges were a bunch of idiots who would be coerced with just a simple play of words? and to add, Malindog - Uy is a know traitor in the Philippines

Professor Ana Uy of the Philippines is very well informed and very bright. She knows the history well.

The problem is hardly anyone has the audacity to challenge the Western way of forcing their way and ideal upon anyone. Right or wrong they're always on the offence to their last blood and breath.

These chinese girl yanyan i will ask you where is your rule of law this is really shows how you Chinese dont respect and International rule of law

Ms. Yenyen - Director of the research center of ocean law and policy at national institute for South China sea. For your info, China denied it twice for having soverienty of the entire south china sea during spanish era and world war 2 specifically indicating that China only owned until hainan island. ASEAN countries did not recognized China's 9 dash line after world war 2 in 1945. China began to have interest in south china sea which they changed their map in 1946 and announced their 9 dashline in 1947. That is why UNCLOS has been created since 1960 and adopted in 1982 to governs the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and provide dispute resolution to the rights and responsibilities within that zone, excluding territorial soverienty which is 12nm from a country baseline. China rejected the arbitrary ruling of UNCLOS and still want to assert the 9 dashline map which they keep on changing and now called 11 dashline map.

"international" = "Western" and "Western = international". China should change this.

Do you know how far west Philippine sea from China? Do you know how many nautical miles the exclusive economic zone?

I stopped listening to Canadian politics a long time ago. I didn't really understand why but had a sense that I wasn't relevant in the process. I got dissilusioned sensing that my Prime Minister was acting in a manner that was suspect and not really aligning with my interests but those of allies . Then all the media narratives and the discovery of fake news kind of pulled me into my own world where I questioned the merits of our realities and came to understand the sociological differences in cultures. Why they lean toward socialism vs capitalism , enshrined in authoritarianism or democracy... Gets pretty interesting as you go deeper down the rabbit holes but bringing a long narrative to a close , it's the character , the sense of integrity that I'm looking for now. Are we still rational actors in the world or are we distorting reality by acting from self interest? The greater good. The new Mission Impossible movie coming out I think is going to be all about that :) Liked this program , spoke to me and reaffirmed my faith in the Chinese , Confusion perspective.

Who's the Filipina source person.. All she said is I think and I feel. Wasted source didn't even have a technical or legal opinion 😂😂

you should have invited justice carpio, hes more knowlegiable than the one speaking for phils.

We are not born yesterday. Let us face the truth, the truth will let us free!!!!!!

THEY FOUND A FILIPINA PUPPET FOR RENT

It's simple knowledge, international Law V's Domestic Law If we can have Philippines domestic law still WPS is part of our own territory It's about your interest because you found more beneficial in those waters

The Court is the western world kangaroo court: The western world is afraid of china development!

CHINA HAS WAY TO LISTEN SMALL COUNTRIES LIKE PHILIPPINES WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATION VERBALLY. CHINA'S BEHAVIOR OR ATTITUDE CAN ONLY BE DETER BY INTERNATIONAL LAW OR BY BIGGER MILITARY POWER. REAL TALK

By the tacit approval of many nations. Peoples of the world voted by coming into the USA, even illegally. Has anybody known of people entering China illegally? Maybe, on their way to the USA. Anyone who does not believe in what I say, stay where you are.

China must respect Intl. law of the Sea or Unclos, tribunal decision is final and all China must respect it. Otherwise, be shamed and be on the spot light in the eyes of Intl. community as the defiant of peace & stability in Asia. Just Go out of 🇵🇭 EEZ & soveriegn territory.

Who is the biggest rogue state in the world? Which regime is not a signatory to the Rome Statue? Which regime threatened to sanction the ICC despite not signing the Rome Statue? Which regime is using UNCLOS to claim freedom of navigation despite not ratifying UNCLOS? Which regime shredded the multi-lateral JCPOA on Iran? Which regime walked away from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty? Which regime walked away from the WHO (and then walked back)? Which regime did not sign up for the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement? Which regime has the most cases with the WTO, and when found guilty decided to hobble the WTO by blocking the appointment of judges to the WTO's Appellate Body? Which regime passed the "Invasion of The Hague" Act so that it can invade The Netherlands should the ICC decide to prosecute its politicians and soldiers for war crimes? The list goes on..... Which is why this regime and its chihuahua vassals are always shouting "rules-based order". This is just the regime's way of not conforming to international laws as embodied in the UN Charter and other multi-lateral institutions as it is the biggest breaker of international laws. Instead the rules base order allows it to cook up some rules (which has never been published) and order the rest of the world to obey. If this regime breaks its own rules, it just ignore the rules and move on.

Anyone well educated in world history should know that immediately after WW2, with the help of the US, China has recovered all the land features (islands, atolls, submerged reefs etc) from Japan in accordance the two declarations in Cairo (1943) and Potsdam (1945). Since then China has troops stationed on two of the largest islands. Unfortunately, the smaller island was stolen by the Philippines during a tropical monsoon.

9 imaginary dash lie😂😂😂

China Please follow International Law... Free Tibet, Free Taiwan, Respect Vietnam sea Boundary, Respect Indias boundary, Respect West Phil Sea.

China does recognise laws outside and inside its borders. She uses force and quantity to relay the message.

You keep saying that the ruling of arbitration in 2016 has no legality because of the absence of the other side. Ok let's forget about the 2016 arbitration for example. Let's focus on this year 2024, the Philippines has kept challenging China to engage in a legal debate in the UN court, but China is still reluctant to accept and dare the challenge. Why is it though?

To be honest, there was no Pino when Ming dynasty was mightily rules the SCS. So what bases pino claims any island in the SCS.

Thank you. 🌞

Don' t be greedy, just follow the law Unclos.. Just think that a thousand miles from you china is not yours... Its only 200 miles from Philippines...

EXACTLY ......... WEESTEERN INTERNATIONAL RULE ..........

Too many jargons spoken freely in this episode that a simple dispute of sovereignty was basically lost. 😮😢😊

Sige bolahin nyo mga Sarili nyo😅

Unclos rulling is legally binding, China is the king of pirates and a squatter in Philippine waters.

China is a signatory of UNCLOS 😂😂😂

Your resource persons are BIAS!

Thank you.

Speaking of Treaties as a source of International Law, i suggest you should read the 1900 Treaty of Washington . China should respect that.

Is the 10,000 dash line of China a rule of law or just pure imagination?

What entity has the authority over it? A country acting like God?

how about the mongolian empire???

China has no sovereign right in the west Philippine sea, period.

Respect international law and respestive nation.

Might is Right

International Law is not in your vocabulary. Greed is your vocabulary. 👌

Name a country that is impeding the Implement of the South China Sea Code of Conduct.

Not very good explanation

soon china claim moon and sun are belong to china lol🤣😂😂

I think we need somebody from the Philippines it seems that nobody represent from the PH.

Not worthy to this discussion Must follow the arbitral ruling

Basic interrnational law says arbetration without all parties is illegal

Who first!? UNCLOS = 1982 China 9 dash line(ILOGICAL) = 2012 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

What do you want Chinese law?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

law does not rule, people rule. at best, we agree on behavior when both parties see advantage in accepting rules. usa is accustomed to doing as it pleases, from history of relative strength. teaching it restraint will be difficult, perhaps impossible.

Int'l Rule of law means do what's told not do what I do.

International law.

It's so pathetic to see how these bunch of people that are degree holders came here just to chant "China is not a bully but rather a victim". For a 28 minute discussion you did a good job yapping and avoiding China's wrongdoings such as of that harassment to the filipino soldiers. And Ms. Uy, you talked about how ASEAN are silent? are you being for real?? The narcissism of China is so huge that it gaslight itself as if they don't have major influence and threat to neighboring countries. I pity Chinese people for having to listen to news that are blindsided.

Just leave Philippine EEZ, stop making excuses

That's why we have UN International Law of the sea, a country follow, and recognize the rulling of the united nations Law of the sea is good example to others county, Ignoring the rulling is bad example to other, because it may copy by other countries,it okay to violate the international Law, because China did

Is the 9 dash line International law or Communist Chinese imagination ?

Echo chambered chinese state owned media😂

YANYAN LIE ALWAYS.

You Chinese where is your eez.

Shame on KZfaq. I cannot post comments that has the phrase "SCS Code of Conduct".

KAYA KAYO NANGHAHARAS KASI HINDI NYO NAIPANALO YUN KASO GANUN LANG YUN.

You chiness must respect internation law,dont ignore it for your selfish benifits againts little country, your dream is over and remain dream history

Refreshing debate.

Doesn't china sign unclos isn't that an international law?

ON THE LAST PART, MEDIA SHOULD REPORT RESPONSIVELY IN ANY ISSUES IN WEST PHILIPPINES SEA, THATS NOT GONNA HAPPENED IN CHINAS SIDE. NEWS MEDIA IN CHINA IS CONTROLLED BY THEIR GOVERNMENT 😅😅😅

Are you blind..take a look to the map...miles and miles away from china..and near to Palawan and Luzon..look to you line it touches Philippine

If China stop this Greedy and Bullying attitude no conflict at all

South china sea is only a name of the sea and both country there have their exclusive economic zone equaly

Smallest country that why you bully

Mainland china belongs to MONGGOLIA if we speaking in history

there is no short story about this who dó have sovereignty over disputed humungous body of salty water with all of its resources availablé for humanities of different beliefs,

It’s all crap 😂

that prof.anna so called is the modern chismosa. puro I think and feel. kakahiya ka ma'am

Y china, signed in unclos,ok of 200nutical zone,is xclosive ecomic zone

9 dash line very funny😅