South China Sea: Expect China One Day To Use Its Navy To Enforce Sea Claims

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South China Sea: Expect China One Day To Use Its Navy To Enforce Sea Claims

China aircraft carrier Liaoning

Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio on Saturday warned that China could one day order its Navy to enforce its sweeping claim to most of the disputed South China Sea, which is widely seen by experts as a potential regional flash point.

The Philippines claims parts of the South China Sea within its exclusive economic zone and calls it the West Philippine Sea.

Ties between the Philippines and China have significantly improved under President Rodrigo Duterte, who has set aside a landmark ruling from a United Nations-backed tribunal that struck down Beijing’s “Nine Dash line” claim that encompasses most of the resource-rich sea.

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