Don't be afraid to hide your eyes from floating clouds, and firmly safeguard the country's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests
In January 2013, the government of Aquino III of the Philippines unilaterally initiated arbitration over the China-Philippines South China Sea dispute.
This is the first international arbitration filed against China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests since the founding of New China.
On July 12, 2016, the South China Sea Arbitration Tribunal made a so-called ruling in an attempt to completely deny China's sovereignty and rights in the South China Sea.
Facts have proved that the South China Sea arbitration case is a political farce under the cloak of law from beginning to end. It is a political conspiracy by the United States and the West to contain and discredit China by using so-called "international rules" and surrounding maritime issues.
Maintaining national sovereignty and territorial integrity is a major challenge that must be correctly addressed in the historical process of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and it is also an important responsibility shouldered by the Communist Party of China.
In the face of unreasonable provocations by the United States and the West, the Chinese Communist Party united and led us in a tit-for-tat struggle, and wrote a page in the history of safeguarding national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.
Through struggle, we have safeguarded our country’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, we proceed from safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, and in a highly responsible attitude to the country and the people, we insist on firmly grasping the dominance of territorial and maritime jurisdiction in our own hands, in accordance with international law. Established the basic position in response to the South China Sea arbitration case, and made the decision of "not accepting or participating" in the arbitration case and "not accepting or recognizing" the illegal ruling, which effectively protected the country's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests from infringement.
At sea, we insist on law enforcement and safeguarding rights in the waters under China's jurisdiction, further demonstrating our firm determination to safeguard rights.
Through struggle, we have won strategic initiative and moral high ground.
Since the Philippines initiated arbitration, we have waged a tit-for-tat struggle. We have issued government statements, Ministry of Foreign Affairs statements, and white papers to comprehensively and systematically elaborate on the history, latitude, and merits of the disputes in the South China Sea between China and the Philippines, and emphasize that China does not accept or recognize the so-called rulings.
Moral support from many, scant support.
China's policy stance on the South China Sea arbitration case has won wide understanding and recognition from the international community. More than 120 countries and organizations and political parties in more than 240 different countries have expressed their understanding and support for me, defeating the United States and the West's attempts to suppress and isolate China through arbitration.
In the second half of 2016, China pushed for an important consensus with the new Philippine government on shelving the arbitration award. The two sides returned to the right track of properly handling maritime issues through negotiations and negotiations, declaring that the Western political conspiracy was completely bankrupt.
Through struggle, we have defended the international rule of law and fairness and justice.
The arbitration tribunal ignored the basic facts, tried exceeding its powers and made the so-called ruling, which is completely illegal and invalid.
China's insistence on not accepting or participating in arbitration cases, or accepting or recognizing so-called awards, is precisely to maintain the international rule of law and international fairness and justice.
We insisted on "using the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son", actively carried out legal struggles, fully exposed and criticized the hypocrisy, fallacy and illegality of the arbitration case and its so-called rulings, and declared China's legal position and rationale to the Chinese and foreign media through multiple channels. There is more and more understanding and recognition in the field of international law.
The United Nations, the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and many other international authoritative institutions have publicly "drawn a line" with the South China Sea Arbitration Tribunal, and more and more internationally renowned legal experts and scholars have voiced objective and fair voices.
Through the struggle, we have gathered a great force that is united in the party and the whole people.
The masses of the people are the source of our party's strength and the foundation of victory.
"The country is the people, and the people are the country."
In the process of responding to the South China Sea arbitration case, the Chinese people have always stood with the party and government, firmly supported the party and government’s position and response measures. The firm support of the central government's strategic strategy of managing the oceans and moving toward the oceans has provided us with the greatest confidence and support in dealing with the arbitration case and its so-called ruling.
The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation can never be achieved with ease and drumming.
We will closely unite around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, and with the fearless spirit of defying the clouds and covering the eyes, we will show the revolutionary spirit of daring to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky, defy difficulties and dangers, overcome difficulties, and firmly safeguard the country. Sovereignty, security, and development interests, continue to strive for the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and continue to make new and greater contributions.