It may be a tall task, but Filipinos should start educating 1.4 billion Chinese people that their belief that China owned the entire South China Sea is a “gigantic fraud,” acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said on Monday. “The Chinese government today would not comply with the [arbitral] ruling until the Chinese people understand that that historical narrative is totally false,” Carpio told a forum sponsored by the chiefs of staff of lawmakers in the House of Representatives. He said every Chinese citizen had been taught from a young age that China had owned and controlled the vast sea region since 2,000 years ago.

Ramos, M. (2018, November 27). Gigantic fraud, Carpio calls China sea claim. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A6.