Delegitimizing China’s maritime expansion in the South China Sea: The role of 2016 arbitral tribunal ruling
The idea that Chinese expansion in the South China Sea is the quintessential threat to Philippine national security began in early 1995 when the Philippine Navy (PN) discovered the presence of Chinese wooden structures on Mischief Reef—called the Panganiban Reef, which is 150 nautical miles from the country’s westernmost island of Palawan, and 620 miles southeast of the southernmost Chinese province of Hainan.