Any claim, therefore, that overlaps the fair-and-just claims of others should be rejected as unrighteous and ungodly. This is the reason why the Philippines has raised its own claims in the South China Sea to the international court - to resolve the issues at the level of international arbitration and within the ambit of duly recognized international laws like the Law on the Sea. Rejecting this move by the Philippines, China has shown its disregard for righteous settlement to assure all claimants a peaceful relation between and among themselves, for when mutual rights are recognized conflict naturally diffuses; otherwise things can turn for the worse.

China should agree to a fair and just sharing of the south china sea. (2015, April 22). The Daily Guardian, pp. 5, 7.