[Vietnamization] Asian nations welcome South China Sea ruling [ការបាត់បង់ ដែនសមុទ្រ របស់យើង ទាំងខាងលិច ទាំងខាងកើត | Disputed Cambodia’s territorial waters]

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Sam Rainsy: ការបាត់បង់ ដែនសមុទ្រ របស់យើង ទាំងខាងលិច ទាំងខាងកើត | Disputed Cambodia’s territorial waters

 

Testing the Rule of Law in the South China Sea

 Editorial Board / International New York Times | 12 July 2016

The judges ruled for the Philippines on most claims in its complaint: China had indeed violated international law by causing “irreparable harm” to the marine environment, endangering ships and interfering with Philippine fishing and oil exploration. Further, China had illegally built an artificial island on Mischief Reef, complete with a military airstrip, in waters belonging to the Philippines.

The Law of the Sea treaty sets rules for establishing zones of control over the oceans based on distances to coastlines

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Asian nations welcome South China Sea ruling

Beijing urged to accept UN tribunal’s verdict to ease regional tensions

 Financial Times | 12 July 2016

Hanoi, which has a bitter maritime territorial rivalry with China in the South China Sea, welcomed the ruling and called for territorial quarrels in the region to be resolved using “diplomacy and legal processes” rather than armed force. [Attn: Vietnam; Re: Cambodia maritime waters]

Anti-Chinese riots broke out in Vietnam in 2014 after the arrival of a Chinese oil rig near the contested Paracel Islands, causing severe damage to industrial zones. ...

Multiple territorial disputes have caused tensions within Asean, where countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam are pitted against China-leaning Cambodia and Laos, the regional grouping’s current chair.

Beijing has accused some nations, including Vietnam, of doing their own island building.

Hun Sen, Cambodia’s prime minister, has previously accused The Hague tribunal of political bias. A Cambodian government spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.