How Philippines is reshaping South China Sea defence, 10 years after Hague ruling

A decade after a 2016 Hague tribunal ruled China’s South China Sea claims lacked legal basis, the Philippines acknowledges it remains outmatched at sea but is leveraging its legal victory to build deterrence. The case, brought in 2013 under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), challenged Beijing’s nine-dash line and other claims.