Extra-regional powers treat the 2016 arbitration award as authoritative and use it to pressure China.

reported by one outlet so far · Characterization · first recorded Jul 13, 2:30 PM

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CGTNChinese state media · Jul 13, 2:01 PM

Extra-regional powers treat the 'award' as 'holy writ' and use it to pressure China

Cites: Ding Duo · Details: holy writ; pressure China