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Tribunal rules there's no legal basis for China's claims in South China Sea | Fox News
So why is this article here? Where are all our GREEN friends here at DP throwing a fit about these islands being built by the Chinese, WHO ARE DESTROYING THE EXISTING REEFS???THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A tribunal ruled in a sweeping decision Tuesday that China has no legal basis for claiming much of the South China Sea and had aggravated the seething regional dispute with its large-scale land reclamation and construction of artificial islands that destroyed coral reefs and the natural condition of the disputed areas.
Ruling on a variety of disputes the Philippines asked the tribunal to settle between it and China, the five-member panel unanimously concluded that China had violated its obligations to refrain from aggravating the dispute while the settlement process was ongoing