BEIJING—An international tribunal emphatically rejected China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, raising regional tensions and forcing Beijing into a conundrum over how to respond: ignore international law, or yield ground to its neighbors and the U.S. The tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the Philippines, which had brought the case. Most damaging for China was the...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 12, 2016 23:24 UTC