"See you at the United Nations," MalacaƱang told China Wednesday after the Chinese Embassy in Manila made a belated appeal to settle their territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) through bilateral negotiations. China said Wednesday that the Philippines' going to the United Nations for arbitration would only complicate the dispute and reiterated that the Philippines is occupying islands in the sea "illegally." It is unclear how the UN arbitral tribunal can help. While all its decisions are binding on countries concerned, it has no power to enforce them. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the world body would...
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