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    While the South China Sea is an arena of escalating conflict, it is not too late to work out some compromise amongst all claimants. According to Shen Dingli of Fudan University in Shanghai, China needs to understand its historical rights in the South China Sea may not include permanent fishing rights in the entire area, and that this is especially the case since the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) came into being. In the same vein, China’s neighbors need to understand that by explicitly or implicitly accepting China’s pervasive sovereignty claim over all features and adjacent area, their occupation of some of the features in the South China Sea also leaves them in a legally vulnerable position. Simply insisting on one’s own rights even when they cut across the rights of others, and simultaneously accusing China of economic encroachment, will not work. A sound pragmatic solution is to find common ground with China, so a mutually acceptable trade of interests can eventually be peacefully figured out.

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    While the South China Sea is an arena of escalating conflict, it is not too late to work out some compromise amongst all claimants. According to Shen Dingli of Fudan University in Shanghai, China needs to understand its historical rights in the South China Sea may not include permanent fishing rights in the entire area, and that this is especially the case since the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) came into being. In the same vein, China’s neighbors need to understand that by explicitly or implicitly accepting China’s pervasive sovereignty claim over all features and adjacent area, their occupation of some of the features in the South China Sea also leaves them in a legally vulnerable position. Simply insisting on one’s own rights even when they cut across the rights of others, and simultaneously accusing China of economic encroachment, will not work. A sound pragmatic solution is to find common ground with China, so a mutually acceptable trade of interests can eventually be peacefully figured out.

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    1125 Press Release - Expert Says South China Sea Compromise Possible

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    Angara Centre for Law and Economic Policy
    While the South China Sea is an arena of escalating conflict, it is not too late to work out some compromise amongst all claimants. According to Shen Dingli of Fudan University in Shanghai, China needs to understand its historical rights in the South China Sea may not include permanent fishing rights in the entire area, and that this is especially the case since the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) came into being. In the same vein, China’s neighbors need to understand that by explicitly or implicitly accepting China’s pervasive sovereignty claim over all features and adjacent area, their occupation of some of the features in the South China Sea also leaves them in a legally vulnerable position. Simply insisting on one’s own rights even when they cut across the rights of others, and simultaneously accusing China of economic encroachment, will not work. A sound pragmatic solution is to find common ground with China, so a mutually acceptable trade of interests can eventually be peacefully figured out.

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    23 november 2013

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    Whlle Lhe SouLh Chlna Sea ls an arena of escalaLlng confllcL, lL ls noL Loo laLe Lo work ouL some
    compromlse amongsL all clalmanLs.

    Accordlng Lo Shen ulngll of ludan unlverslLy ln Shanghal, Chlna needs Lo undersLand lLs
    hlsLorlcal rlghLs ln Lhe SouLh Chlna Sea may noL lnclude permanenL flshlng rlghLs ln Lhe enLlre
    area, and LhaL Lhls ls especlally Lhe case slnce Lhe unlLed naLlons ConvenLlon on Lhe Law of Lhe
    Sea (unCLCS) came lnLo belng.

    ln Lhe same veln, Chlna's nelghbors need Lo undersLand LhaL by expllclLly or lmpllclLly accepLlng
    Chlna's pervaslve soverelgnLy clalm over all feaLures and ad[acenL area, Lhelr occupaLlon of
    some of Lhe feaLures ln Lhe SouLh Chlna Sea also leaves Lhem ln a legally vulnerable poslLlon.
    Slmply lnslsLlng on one's own rlghLs even when Lhey cuL across Lhe rlghLs of oLhers, and
    slmulLaneously accuslng Chlna of economlc encroachmenL, wlll noL work. A sound pragmaLlc
    soluLlon ls Lo flnd common ground wlLh Chlna, so a muLually accepLable Lrade of lnLeresLs can
    evenLually be peacefully flgured ouL.

    Shen wlll speak aL a roundLable dlscusslon organlzed by Lhe Angara CenLre for Law and
    Lconomlcs LlLled "WhaL ls Lo 8e uone? 8esolvlng MarlLlme ulspuLes ln SouLheasL Asla" on
    uecember 3 aL Lhe MarrloLL PoLel, 8esorLs World Manlla. 1he evenL ls sponsored by Asla unlLed
    8ank.

    1he evenL wlll be keynoLed by former SenaLor Ldgardo !. Angara, Lhe longesL servlng SenaLor ln
    Lhe posL-LuSA SenaLe and who recenLly concluded over Lwo decades of dlsLlngulshed servlce as
    a hlllpplne leglslaLor. Pe led Lhe passage of landmark laws on agrlculLure, educaLlon, healLh,
    arLs and culLure, sclence and Lechnology, good governance, flnanclal reforms, and soclal
    welfare.

    A former u resldenL, Angara also spearheaded Lhe creaLlon of Lhe u lnsLlLuLe for MarlLlme
    Affalrs and Law of Lhe Sea (u-lMLCS), a hlghly speclallzed academlc research lnsLlLuLlon based
    ln Lhe u Law CenLer devoLed Lo marlLlme affalrs.

    CLher feaLured speakers lnclude uonald Lmmerson of SLanford unlverslLy, lan SLorey of Lhe
    lnsLlLuLe of SouLheasL Aslan SLudles ln Slngapore, ?olchlro SaLo of Lhe 8lLsumelkan Asla aclflc
    unlverslLy ln !apan, and rofessor Parry 8oque of Lhe unlverslLy of Lhe hlllpplnes.

    1he forum and roundLable dlscusslons wlll be moderaLed by rof. !ohn nye of Ceorge Mason
    unlverslLy, LxecuLlve ulrecLor of Lhe Angara CenLre. (30)



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    Foimally launcheu in 2u12, the !"#$%$ '(")%( *+% ,$- $". /0+"+1203 is the fiist anu only
    Philippine policy anu acauemic think tank ueuicateu to the scientific analysis anu inteinational
    assessment of Philippine anu iegional legislation, policies anu public sectoi piogiams.

    It aims to pioviue inuepenuent ieseaich at pai with inteinationally veiifiable acauemic stanuaius
    anu of publishable scholaily quality, which then foims the basis of timely anu ielevant policy
    iecommenuations foi Philippine goveinment, oiienteu towaius:
    Stiengthening the iule of law anu the quality of macioeconomic uecision-making in the
    Philippines
    Piomoting Filipinos' economic uevelopment anu theii infoimeu paiticipation in uemociatic
    institutions
    Aiuing the Philippines towaius full compliance with inteinational commitments, while
    assisting its leaueiship of, anu coopeiation with, iegional initiatives anu institutions foi
    goveinance

    The Centie seeks to piofessionalize the science of goveinment legislation anu policy-making, by
    uiawing fiom the best of the giowing ianks of inteinationally-tiaineu Philippine scholais, anu
    enabling them to continue acauemic anu policy ieseaich accoiuing to the iigois of inteinational
    stanuaius.

    It seives as a foium foi continuing analysis, iecommenuations anu infoimation uissemination
    between anu among public anu piivate sectoi economists, lawyeis, acauemics, anu policy-makeis
    fiom the Philippines anu abioau.

    The Centie was establisheu to honoi the legacy of public iefoim, technociatic expeitise anu
    leaueiship of Senatoi Eugaiuo }. Angaia, who iecently concluueu ovei two uecaues of uistinguisheu
    seivice as a Philippine legislatoi.

    Bi. }ohn C. Nye of ueoige Nason 0niveisity seives as Executive Biiectoi. Bi. Emeilinua Roman,
    foimei Piesiuent of the 0niveisity of the Philippines, is chaiiman of the boaiu of tiustees.

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    The Angaia Centie has conuucteu thiee majoi confeiencesiounutables paiticipateu in by Filipino
    acauemics anu policy-makeis togethei with foieign scholais fiom ienowneu univeisities.

    The Centie's inauguial confeience on !"#$%"&'%(&#)* ,))#-%(&#) %). !/#0(1 was helu in Nanila in
    August 2u12, with Bi. Tylei Cowen of the ueoige Nason 0niveisity as plenaiy speakei. Scholais
    anu expeits fiom univeisities in the 0S, Bong Kong, Austialia anu policy-makeis anu acauemics
    fiom the Philippines incluuing Bi. Felipe Neualla, Bi. Raul Fabella, Bi. Biane Besieito, Atty. vicente
    Lazatin, Bi. Aisenio Balisacan, anu Atty. Raul Pangalangan paiticipateu as speakeis.

    In Becembei, the Centie, with suppoit fiom the Woilu Bank, oiganizeu a iounutable leu by Bi.
    }ames Robinson of Baivaiu 0niveisity to shaie his insights on 213 4%(&#)5 6%&", a book he co-

    authoieu with Baion Acemoglu. Filipino acauemics anu policy-makeis Bi. ueiaiuo Sicat, Bi.
    Beinaiuo villegas, Bi. Felipe Neualla anu highly-acclaimeu jouinalist Naiia Ressa paiticipateu in
    the iounutable uiscussion.

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    anothei iounutable +" 78292::2"( /9(0)2+"3 with Bi. }ohn C. Nye of ueoige Nason 0niveisity, Bi.
    Albeito Simpsei of the 0niveisity of Chicago, anu C0NELEC Chaii Sixto Biillantes as speakeis anu
    Bi. Nahai Nangahas, Piesiuent of the Social Weathei Stations (SWS), anu Ns. Coiazon ue la Paz-
    Beinaiuo, NANFREL National Chaiipeison, as uiscussants.

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    Bi. }ohn C. Nye. NEBA Biiectoi ueneial Aisenio Balisacan anu Bi. Rogiei van uen Biink, leau
    economist of the Poveity Reuuction anu Economic Nanagement of the Woilu Bank in the
    Philippines seiveu as panel uiscussants.

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