My understanding of that ruling is that China’s maximalist claim was rejected. The bunch of atols and islets that make up Spratly are hundreds of km away from mainland China and closer to the Philippines and even Brunei for that matter. Not only that, the South China Sea has serious territorial...
If the geography is unusual then it is not unreasonable to expect the solution to also be unusual. Hence why UNCLOS shouldn't be treated as the be all and end all due to the convenient argument of customary law.
Prefer money goes to carrier(s) instead of more palaces. They’ll find the billions and spend it on something irrespective. Meanwhile, Tf2000 pls hurry up! The Italians and Koreans should not have better equipped navies than us!
We got the fastest available NBN plan through Telstra for my CBD office as soon as they rolled it out there and the speeds were as promised. These days it’s 1/3. High speed internet in Australia is a joke.
Germany has the Nazi war machine to thank for where it is today. The know how passed down from that era (and the other lessons learnt) is priceless and the Americans and Russians can vouch for that so take it easy with the Turkey comparisons. But, I agree that Tayyip splurging on opulent palaces...