Good luck in dealing with the Philippines government, because...

Good luck in dealing with the Philippines government, because they have become puppets of the Chinese government, in return for not opposing the Chinese military expansion in the South China Sea.

The Philippines government has been gifted billions of dollars of investment for letting the Chinese expand into the South China Sea, and not opposing it. They have been bought out, and as such, have become beholden to the whim of Beijing.

OGC should not be appealing to the Philippines, or the international courts (because China has no regard for them), it should be finding out who to deal with directly in Beijing.

Chinese expansion knows no boundaries, and if OGC don't play ball, then they will be swept away in the Philippines. They need to know how to deal with the real power brokers, and what is really at stake here in a major geo-political war.

Gw