A Chinese think tank has released a legal opinion condemning the decision of Japan and the Philippines to initiate maritime delimitation talks related to the waters east of China's Taiwan Island, saying that the move "constitutes an internationally wrongful act" because it bypasses China, which is a direct stakeholder. 中國一家智庫發布法律意見書，譴責日本與菲律賓就中國臺灣島以東海域啟動海域劃界談判的決定，稱該舉動“構成國際不法行為”，因為此舉繞開了作為直接利益相關方的中國。 The legal opinion, released by the Beijing-based China Institute for Marine Affairs under the Ministry of Natural Resources, said that Japan and the Philippines announced the talks without consultation with China and in disregard of the region's specific geographical circumstances. The move violates the principles of sovereign equality, good faith, cooperation and self-restraint under international law, it said. 這份由自然資源部下屬、設於北京的中國海洋發展研究中心發布的法律意見書指出，日菲兩國未與中國協商便宣布...