The Philippines has defied China's opposition to bring the two nations' long-running territorial disputes in the South China Sea to an international tribunal, saying it will soon ask a United Nations-linked body to form a panel of arbiters that will hear its case against Beijing. China on Tuesday officially rejected the Philippines' move to let a U.N. arbitration body hear Manila's complaint over what it calls Beijing's "excessive" claim to the resource-rich waters. China said Manila's case was legally infirm and carried unacceptable allegations. ...
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