An international tribunal convening in the Hague is expected to make a ruling in coming weeks on a case brought by the Philippines in 2013 over China’s island-building in large parts of the sea – one of the world’s trade routes.
The construction of 3000 acres of artificial islands in the sea by China has been a source or major geopolitical tension.
But the Chinese government has said it maintains the right to reject the decision.

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