INTRODUCTION
Times Square in New York City is an unusual venue to expound complex
international legal issues. The countless illuminated billboards of this tourist
spot usually advertise Broadway productions, sugary soft drinks, or the latest
must-have smartphone. Between July 23 and August 3, 2016, however, a threeminute clip by Xinhua, the Chinese State news agency, was shown 120 times a
day on one of the giant screens of 2 Times Square.1 Picturesque images of
fishing boats and islets were captioned with commentary describing the Chinese
discovery of the South China Sea Islands over two millennia ago, and their
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