China consistent on disputes

A tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is due to make a ruling on the unilateral arbitration case submitted by the Philippines on its territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea on July 12. As that day draws nearer, the West has once again launched a propaganda offensive to try and bring shame on China.

Given that it is the former Philippine administration of Benigno Aquino III that breached the consensus reached between Beijing and Manila on the settlement of their bilateral disputes through talks, it is unreasonable for some Western media to label China as "challenging international law".

In doing so, the Aquino administration was the cat's paw of the United States, which was implementing its "return to the Asia-Pacific" strategy.