Philippines asks China to join tribunal to end sea spat | Reuters
Philippines asks China to join tribunal to end sea spat
MANILA, April 17 | Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:06am EDT
(Reuters) - The Philippines is to ask China to agree to take a dispute over an uninhabited South China Sea shoal to an international court as the two sides traded new accusations of intrusions.
The most recent dispute between China and the Philippines has entered its second week, with a Philippine coast guard ship and two Chinese maritime surveillance vessels faced off near the Scarborough Shoal.