The most anticipated ruling over the disputed islands in the West Philippines Sea (South China Sea) has been decided in favor of the Philippines, according to the decision of the United Nations (UN) Arbitral Tribunal. UNCLOS
After several months of hearing and pleading for the cases of both countries. The tribunal concluded that Philippines is the one who have a rightful claim over the disputed islands and China has no legal basis to prove their status as the owner of the islands.
In the Philippines, the hashtag #CHexit was trending on Twitter -- calling for China to leave the South China Sea. The topic was also the most widely discussed on Chinese social network Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, with hundreds of thousands of users sharing a map of China with its nine-dash line and the caption "China can't be one dash less."
