AT A GLANCE
A decade after Beijing rejected the ruling by The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration on its South China Sea claims, rival nations continue to manoeuvre for control. In the third of our series on the anniversary, Laura Zhou looks at why the gap between international law and geopolitical reality on the water has never been wider.
On a scorching morning this summer, more than a hundred Chinese tourists stepped ashore on Tree Island in the hotly contested Paracels. They were greeted not only by...
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KEY FACTS
- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on BEIJING, ISLANDS, CONTROL, RESHAPING, SOUTH.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 14 Jul 2026, 23:00 UK.
- Coverage checked: 1 distinct source and 0 closely matched related stories.
WHAT HAPPENED
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- News - South China Morning Post: A decade after Beijing rejected the ruling by The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration on its South China Sea claims, rival nations continue to manoeuvre for control.
- News - South China Morning Post: In the third of our series on the anniversary, Laura Zhou looks at why the gap between international law and geopolitical reality on the water has never been wider.
- News - South China Morning Post: On a scorching morning this summer, more than a hundred Chinese tourists stepped ashore on Tree Island in the hotly contested Paracels.
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- 14/07/2026, 23:00 PRIMARY FEED HOW BEIJING’S ISLANDS OF CONTROL ARE RESHAPING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (News - South China Morning Post • 2 hrs ago) [Story Intel]
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