Yes you did- BTW:
Academic Graham Allison observed in 2016, "None of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council have ever accepted any international court's ruling when (in their view) it infringed their sovereignty or national security interests. Thus, when China rejects the Court's decision in this case, it will be doing just what the other great powers have repeatedly done for decades."
Following the arbitration result, former Secretary-General of the Maritime and Oceans Affairs Center of the Philippines Alberto Encomienda asserted that the Philippines government had lied when it stated that it had exhausted bilateral discussions prior to beginning the arbitration proceedings. According to Encomienda, who had overseen the bilateral negotiations for the Philippines side prior to the arbitration proceedings, "Manila never responded" to repeated efforts by China to resume negotiating. In Encomienda's view, the Philippines government was responsible for escalating tension on the South China Sea issues.
And anyone familiar with this matter, knows it was the USA, that pushed the Philippines - not to seek a bilateral solution - but to make use of a corrupt and open towards manipulation institution - that is attached to the UN.
Tribunal Statement:
The tribunal had considered the issues related to the maritime areas in South China Sea. It declared its position on the award that:
Its position reaffirms that the tribunal's rulings do not apply to China's territorial sovereignty claims over the islands and maritime features in South China Sea, and the award would not make any implication in China's sovereignty claims.
Therefore China has every right to reject and simply to ignore that ruling from the Hague tribunal
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