Philippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4 Filipino crew are injured

As long as you can park a few crewed navy ships in the middle, yes, yes it does.

*Might makes right" is fucked and has never, ever gone out of style. We got fancy and hid it behind this thing called "money" mostly, but sometimes it still just looks like big deadly sharp things.

if I claim the Grand Canyon is mine, does it make it the Disputed Canyon?

Yes, you absolutely can lay claim on it - If you have power to do that. You power is the law, sad but true.