Columbia, SC (May 5, 2017) – A new book, compiled by noted environmental policy writer, James Borton, and focused on the ongoing and illegal incursions by China into the South China Sea, was released today. In a unanimous ruling in 2016, the court of The Hague made it clear that under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) China had no legal basis to claim historic rights over waters in the South China Sea. In the favorable sweeping ruling for the Philippines, the decision stated that China had breached several UNCLOS articles, governing safety, the marine environment, and navigation at sea.