Chinese media 'jumps' over ruling of South China Sea Arbitration Court

According to the Washington Post, Chinese press and netizens are feverishly showing the world that they really, definitely, and completely do not care about the ruling of the Annex VII Arbitral Tribunal on the East Sea.

This morning (July 13), the website dooo.cc and Qing Wei Studios, a group affiliated with the Communist Youth League of China, posted a music video titled “South China Sea Verdict – Who Cares?”.

The video combines clips of Chinese warships and clips of young Chinese men talking about how they don't care about the ruling.

Xinhua News Agency's twitter message right after the PCA announced its ruling on the East Sea.

The video even includes footage of two young women attempting to show their disregard for the ruling by stabbing knives into the air.

Chinese state media also reported no interest in the ruling.

The Xinhua News Agency was the first to comment and categorically reject the ruling. Minutes after the ruling was announced, Xinhua reported using extremely negative terms such as “The Hague’s illegal panel” had just issued a “baseless ruling.”

The People's Daily and Global Times later called the ruling "null and void" and "worthless," but provided little information about the ruling.

Global Times even called the verdict “a piece of paper thrown away” and said the court was “shameless” in making such a ruling.

According to the Washington Post, many Chinese citizens are very curious about the content of the ruling. “What does the ruling say?” is the most frequently asked question in the newspaper’s comments section.

China’s nightly news program, Xinwen Lianbo, followed the same media trend by opening with information about President Xi Jinping’s meeting with senior European Union officials, before reporting on the ruling. When referring to the ruling, Xinwen Lianbo emphasized that China would ignore the ruling, without explaining how its nine-dash line was invalidated.

On July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague (Netherlands) issued a ruling on the Philippines' lawsuit against China's claims in the East Sea after 3 years of processing, according to which the court declared that China "has no historical sovereignty over the East Sea".

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