A Landmark ruling on an arbitration case filed by the Philippines that seeks to strike down China’s expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea will be a test for international law and world powers. China, which demands one-on-one talks to resolve the disputes, has boycotted the case and vowed to ignore the verdict, which will be handed down tomorrow by the United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

Landmark ruling on sea row. (2016, July 11). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A20.