Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the first part of a special program called Managing Maritime Disputes,
Regional Practices and International Experience.
Brought to you by The Point with me, Liu Xin,
on CGTN from the beautiful southern city of Sanya in China's Hainan.
province.
This program is jointly organized by the National Institute for South China Sea Studies,
China Oceanic Development Foundation,
Huayang Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance,
Hainan Institute for Free Trade Poor Studies, and of course CGTN.
And I'm extremely delighted to have a distinguished panel of speakers on the stage to join this discussion.
Hu Bo, Director of the Center for Maritime Strategy Studies of China's Peking University.
Philip Sounders,
Dean Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Schulich School of Law of Canada's Dalhousie University.
Vladislav Tolstich,
Professor and Head of International Law Section at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Ruhanas Haroon, Professor of International Relations,
Security and Law at the National Defence University of Malaysia.