China's journalism watchdogs have censored news that a small group of people protested against The Hague's dismissal of China's territorial claims in the South China Sea, Financial Times reported.

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The move was apparently meant to hush any efforts to bring international pressure to bear on China to bow to the court's ruling. 

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague rejected China's claims of sovereignty over disputed South China Sea territories that the Philippines is also claiming.

China's territorial claims in the South China Sea is based on its "nine-dash line." The South China Sea is not only as a busy maritime highway, but is also rich in oil and marine products.

China did not partake in the proceedings since the Philippines took the territorial dispute to the international tribunal and insisted that it does not recognize the jurisdiction of the court.

Aside from rejecting the court's ruling, Beijing is allegedly also quelling nationalist street demonstrations which could hamper its diplomatic campaign against the Hague ruling.

Beijing positioned a police force on the streets surrounding the Chinese Embassy in Manila in anticipation to any protests in the Philippines.

Last Sunday, news about a nationalist protest of a few dozen people in Laoting County near Tianjin was posted online but was eventually deleted.

The protesters were photographed carrying a banner that says: "Down with the US, Japan, Korea and the Philippines! Love our Chinese people!"

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