WASHINGTON: The United States put itself on a collision course with great power rival China, describing a ruling against Beijing’s South China Sea claims as “final and legally binding”.
Washington had carefully avoided taking a stance on the suit lodged by the Philippines against China’s maritime territorial claims, but when judgment came down, it urged both sides to abide by the result.
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