The most striking thing about the international court ruling on the South China Sea on Tuesday was how completely it quashed China's arguments.
From invalidating the "nine-dash line" that defined China's claims to more than 80 percent of the waterway to reprimands over harassment of fishermen, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague undermined the country's position in almost every area Tuesday. The Philippines, which brought the challenge under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, received a near-total victory.
China declined to take part in the tribunal process and rejected the court's jurisdiction. Here are five ways it lost in the 479-page decision: