20 October 2011

Editorial: A South China Sea Plan

By Huy Duong & Tinh Le

The logical way to properly resolve the South China Sea disputes would first be to determine the ownership of the disputed islands, and then determine how much of the sea belongs to each island. However, given China’s opposition to using an international court or tribunal to resolve the disputes, and given that without a court ruling, no nation will give up its claim to the islands, there’s little prospect of resolving the question of island ownership any time soon.

Read the full story at The Diplomat