Facing up to China’s realpolitik approach in the South China Sea dispute: The case of the 2012 Scarborough Shoal stand-off and its aftermath

• Main Author: De Castro, Renato Cruz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: South China Sea—Boundaries—Philippine Sea; Philippine Sea—Boundaries—South China Sea; Philippines > Foreign relations > China; China > Foreign relations > Philippines; International Relations
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/350; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/1349/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article examines the 2012 Scarborough Shoal stand-off between the Philippines and China as a case of Beijing’s application of realpolitik in resolving the South China Sea dispute. It discusses the legal basis of the Philippines’ claim on the Spratly Islands and the Scarborough Shoal. However, s...