South China Sea — Hague Tribunal and Military Tensions

... influence, it cannot be ruled out that the negotiation process will either be disrupted or take too long. Reuters Overall, the Philippines and, even more so, other ASEAN members, including Vietnam, have no plans to drive China into a corner or make it give ... ... of the major military exercise in the South China Sea — which took several days and ended on Monday, the day before the Hague Tribunal announced its decision — had in mind. The exercise that included battle firing involved aviation, surface ...