Fact Checks/ReviewThe claimThe July 2016 arbitral award on the South China Sea dispute does not bind China because it was "never a part" of the legal proceedings in the Permanent Court of Arbitration.RatingFalseReviewed by Vera Files ↗ · July 31, 2021Original fact check ↗Search related fact checks →Use this record in your application ↗Report a correction ↗