-(Nytimes 14/07) China Urges Philippines to Ditch Its South China Sea Case: China "will never accept the unilateral attempts to turn to a third party to solve the disputes." (Chinadaily 13/07) Manila misleading in South China Sea.

-(The Guardian 14/07) Philippines reinforces its claim to South China Sea outpost: The Philippine Navy is quietly renovating a rusting ship that it uses as a foothold on one of the reefs in Spratly Islands.

-(The Diplomat 14/07) In the Philippines' South China Sea Case, Is International Law on Trial? The Philippines and China have conflicting opinions on the symbolism of the case itself.

-(GMAnews 13/07) Google updates map to use neutral names for disputed areas in SCS: “We understand that geographic names can raise deep emotions which is why we worked quickly once this was brought to our attention." Google said.

-(CPF 13/07) USS Fort Worth, USS Lassen Complete First Combined South China Sea Presence Operations: Fort Worth and Lassen conducted joint flight operations with the ships' embarked MH-60R Seahawk helicopters providing critical maritime domain awareness for both platforms.

-(IBT 13/07) South China Sea Territory Dispute: Indonesia Protections For Land And Maritime Borders Ramp Up: Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has endorsed the border reinforcement plan, insisting it should be one of the country’s top priorities.

-(Defensenews 13/07) A Strategy for South China Sea: China's strategy for the region is clear. It seeks to make enforceable the strongest possible claim to actual civil control of the South China Sea, leading eventually to formal legal control.

-(The Japan Times 13/07) Filipinos on SCS isle are witness to Chinese island activities, feel threatened by increasing aggression: The threat is not only the invasion or possible use of force, but the environmental security.

-(Asiaone 13/07) Philippines elaborates on South China Sea row: Again, Philippines was not asking the tribunal to rule on the sovereignty aspects, only on the entitlements of the claimants to territory in the SCS under Unclos.