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🚨 @SecRubio Calls On China to Abide by Hague Court Ruling on South China Sea 🚨

9 years ago, the court told China: You don’t own the South China Sea.

China’s answer? Ramming boats, spraying water cannons, and building military bases anyway.

Now Rubio's calling them out.🧵

@SecRubio 2/ On the ruling’s anniversary, Sec. of State Marco Rubio demanded China abide by international law and end its aggression in the South China Sea.

The ruling was unanimous.

China lost.

It’s still defying the world.

@SecRubio 3/ What’s at stake?

🔹 $3.4 trillion in annual trade
🔹 Maritime rights of Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia
🔹 Global freedom of navigation

And China is trying to erase all of it with one fake map.

@SecRubio 4/ The 2016 Hague ruling destroyed China’s “nine-dash line” claim—Beijing’s made-up excuse to seize 85% of the South China Sea.

The tribunal called it “inconsistent with international law.”

China called their ruling “null and void.”

@SecRubio 5/ This isn’t theory.

It’s happening.

🔻 China’s Navy is ramming Filipino vessels
🔻 Spraying water cannons at coast guard ships
🔻 Ignoring radio hails in the Philippines’ own exclusive economic zone

That’s an invasion.

@SecRubio 6/ Other nations are stepping up:

🇦🇺 Australia
🇯🇵 Japan
🇨🇦 Canada
🇪🇺 The EU
🇳🇿 New Zealand

All reaffirmed: China’s claims are illegal.

This is not just an Asian dispute.

It’s about global law vs. Communist revisionism.

@SecRubio 7/ The Philippines initiated the arbitration in 2013.

They won in 2016.

But China keeps pushing.

That’s why Trump's Indo-Pacific doctrine matters—and why the Biden-era appeasement failed.

@SecRubio 8/ Rubio’s message is clear:

No more Chinese coercion.

America and its allies will defend freedom of navigation and national sovereignty—from Taiwan to the South China Sea.

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