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Philippines urged to raise arbitral ruling before UN; Locsin disagrees

MANILA, Philippines --- BBC journalist and book author Bill Hayton, urged the Philippine government to raise the arbitral ruling before the United Nations (UN).   In an exchange on Twitter with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Hayton, who authored the book The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia, said the options for the Philippine government is not simply limited between "pointless war and abject surrender."   "That's what diplomacy is. In this struggle, Manila has many friends all around the world. They are willing to help," Hayton said, as he described the refusal of the country to raise the ruling "the face of defeat."   Locsi...

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