China on Wednesday again urged the Philippines to stop its arbitral proceedings and return to the right track of settling relevant disputes in the South China Sea through bilateral negotiation with China.
Construction activities in the South China Sea is an exercise of sovereignty by China on the territories it had laid claim on and China has the right to do so, Greg Austin, professor at University of New South Wales Canberra, said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday issued a statement on settling disputes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea through bilateral negotiation.
The All China Lawyers Association issued on Tuesday a statement on the South China Sea arbitration case unilaterally initiated by the Philippines.
The arbitration is but a political provocation under the cloak of the law, with some Western powers behind it. By filing the case, Manila violated the basic principles of international law and undermines the integrity and authority of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Philippines' assertion concerning the South China Sea (SCS) abused the international law and the United States' interference is only a show of hegemony that does no good to anybody, Chinese overseas scholars said Sunday at a seminar in Berlin.
Beijing will not sit by and see several countries throwing the South China Sea into chaos, the head of China's delegation to a high-profile intergovernmental security forum said on Sunday.
The Chinese foreign ministry on Saturday urged the United States and Japan to stop pointing fingers at China on the South China Sea.
Bilateral negotiation is the best way as arbitration is not a choice for China and other claimants to settle their disputes over the South China Sea islands, a senior Chinese diplomat said here Friday.
Confrontation over the South China Sea will take a "disastrous" toll on all the economies in the Asia-Pacific including the U.S. economy, a senior Bangladeshi economist has said.
An official from the Chinese Foreign Ministry has called on the US to keep its promise and not to take sides in the South China Sea issue.
The door of dialogue between China and the Philippines is always open as long as Manila desires to resolve any dispute through negotiations.
State Councilor Yang Jiechi and US Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss the South China Sea during the eighth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue to be held on Monday in Beijing, an official with the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and U.S. Secretary of States John Kerry will discuss the South China Sea issue at an annual dialogue next week, an official said Thursday.
The China-U.S. relations are too important that they should not be allowed to be hijacked by the South China Sea issue, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said Wednesday.
China hopes the Philippines' new government can return to dialogue with China to resolve the South China Sea disputes, a spokesperson said Wednesday.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington on Tuesday rejected the New York Times' account about a recent air encounter between Chinese and U.S. military planes over the South China Sea.
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