This is the second instalment (the first was published last Friday) of Chapter 9 of my book, Debacle: The Aquino Regime's Scarborough Fiasco and the South China Sea Arbitration Deception, which discusses this development in detail, with the appropriate citation of sources of data and statements. The book is being printed now, to be distributed in the first week of January, pre-orders at https://rigobertotiglao.com/debacle/.

Tiglao, R. (2021, December 27). Arbitration suit vs China: Aquino 3rd regime and the US' big blunder. The Manila Times, p. A5.