Archives for August 2016

There are a lot of problems with the PCA's recent decisions on SCS. First, there is the jurisdiction issue, whether the PCA had the authority to decide this case, even though China rightfully opted out of arbitration.  It's an important question of consent to arbitration.  If China didn't consent to arbitration, it's PCA's overreach, which makes PCA a violator of the UNCLOS … [Read more...] about Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Re-Writes UNCLOS Into a Treaty That No One Agreed To, and the “you didn’t say no, so it wasn’t rape” argument of PCA

When Professor Zhang of Fudan University used the term of Arab Winter as counter to criticism of China in being not responsive as Arab Spring to liberal reforms, he was not being flippant, but simply stating a fact which West avoids. Similarly when a Chinese college student responded to a question on China by posting 2 pictures of Shanghai skyline from the early 90s and today … [Read more...] about Arab Winter