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China Loses Claims to South China Sea; Hague Court Ruling Junks 'Nine-Dash Line'

Desiree Sison   |

Jul 12, 2016 08:30 AM EDT

After three years of hearing the territorial case filed by the Philippines against China about the ownership of contested territories in the resource-rich South China Sea, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague made a ruling on Tuesday saying that there is no legal basis to Beijing's claim that it has 'historic rights' to the islands, reefs, and other features in the disputed international waterway.