Next week, an international court is set to make a ruling that could increase tensions in a crucial area of the world for shipping and trade — the South China Sea. On Tuesday 12 July, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague will decide a case brought by the Philippines against China’s incursions into the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal — tiny islets and coral reefs much closer to the Philippines but to which China laid claim in 1947.
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China likely to ignore arbitration outcome in Philippines stand-off
Rising territorial tensions in the South China Sea represent perhaps the greatest danger to international trade and shipping anywhere in the world as the possibility of a military clash increases
7 July 2016 17:00 GMT
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7 July 2016 17:00 GMT
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