Full coverage: The South China Sea Issue

For some analysis, we now turn to our studio guest Wang Hanling, director of the Center for Ocean Affairs and Law of Sea at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Q1: As China's white paper says, the Philippines has moved step by step to file an arbitration case. Is there any basis for the Philippines to do so?

Q2: China and the Philippines have indeed reached agreement to resolve disputes through dialogues before the arbitration filing and proceedings. Tell us more about that.