WIRE — MANILA, Philippines — Ten years ago, an arbitral tribunal affirmed the Philippines' sovereign rights in its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in the West Philippine Sea and invalidated China's nine-dash-line claim in the South China Sea. Since then, legal experts have hailed the July 12, 2016, ruling as a Philippine legal victory that upheld
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