Critics against Unclos claim bring aid and comfort to China: Inquirer columnist

Chinese vessels anchored at Whitsun Reef, some 320km west of Palawan Island in the South China Sea. - AFP/ PHILIPPINE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): After the Philippines filed the landmark arbitration case against China on Jan 22,2013, China's propagandists went overdrive on a public relations campaign, raising two issues to discredit the arbitration.

First, the Philippines brought the case before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), which is not a court.