After the permanent court of arbitration at the Hauge ruled that it has jurisdiction over key issues in the Philippines' dispute against China over its south china sea claims, many China watchers, analyst commentators wondered what will be the consequences for the china. The ruling will have serious consequences for China's role as a world power, whether the Philippines win or lose in the next phase of the case, as one of them, Dr. Jill Goldenziel of the Center for International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, put it.

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