Xue Chen, Author at Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative

Misinterpretation and Consequences of Arbitration: A Chinese Perspective

By Xue Chen | August 9, 2016 | Categories: Arbitration, East China Sea, South China Sea

When the tribunal deciding the South China Sea arbitration case brought by the Philippines against China issued its award on July 12, the international media seemed impressed by the landslide decision in favor of the Philippines on almost all of its claims. Many reported that the ruling was a rebuke of China’s sovereignty claims, but […]

Xi’s Visit to Cool Down the South China Sea

By Xue Chen | September 24, 2015 | Categories: China, South China Sea, United States

On President Xi Jinping’s first state visit to the United States this week, the South China Sea might be low on his list of topics for discussion. Access for Chinese investment in the United States, coordination on monetary policies, and even climate change will likely be far higher on President Xi’s agenda. The decades-old South […]