Representatives from the Philippine Embassy in China attended a July 10 forum in Beijing where they reaffirmed the “legal authority” of the 2016 arbitral ruling in favor of the Philippines’ exclusive sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea. In a statement on Sunday, the embassy said the forum organized by a Chinese think tank was held two days before the ninth anniversary of the landmark ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, where the Philippines brought its case against China in 2013.

Villanueva, G., & Sampang, D. (2025, July 14). PH asserts arbitral win in Beijing forum. Philippine Daily Inquirer, pp. A1, A4.