Position Paper of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Matter of Jurisdiction in the South China Sea Arbitration Initiated by the Republic of the Philippines.

The article presents the "Position Paper of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Matter of Jurisdiction in the South China Sea Arbitration Initiated by the Republic of the Philippines," as of September 2016. Topics include a lawsuit filed by Philippines against China under the e United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; and significance of the arbitration in terms of the territorial sovereignty over several maritime features in the South China Sea.