The U.S. Pacific Commander Harry Harris' remarks on the South China Sea lack historical common sense as China's sovereignty over islands in the South China Sea and their adjacent waters have adequate historical and legal basis, a defense ministry spokesperson said Thursday in Beijing.
Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday visited Taiping Island, the largest of the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, to meet personnel and deliver a speech ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
The Philippines has offered the United States eight bases where it can build facilities to store equipment and supplies under a new security deal, a military spokesman said on Wednesday (Jan 13), amid rising tension with China over the South China Sea.
China refuted the Philippines' protest against test flights at a newly built airport in the South China Sea, stressing the test flights fall totally within China's sovereignty.
Recently, with the second round of hearings by the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague on a case unilaterally initiated by the Philippines, the South China Sea issue once again became the focus of the media. Some criticisms are well-presented opinions and some are, frankly speaking, biased.
Australia will not bow to Chinese pressure to halt surveillance flights over disputed islands in the South China Sea at the centre of territorial spats between China and its regional neighbours, Defence Minister Marise Payne said on Thursday.
The People's Daily on Wednesday carried the third of a series of commentaries on the Philippines' South China Sea arbitration farce. Following is a translated version of the full text:
China's construction on its own islands and reefs in the South China Sea is aimed at improving the living conditions of those living there and better fulfilling its international duties, a senior Chinese diplomat said here Sunday.
As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), China has been committed to preserving the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and to safeguarding peace and stability in the region.
China hopes the upcoming East Asia leaders' meetings in Malaysia will focus on regional cooperation instead of heightening the South China Sea disputes, said a senior diplomat on Tuesday.
China's Defence Minister Chang Wanquan on Tuesday urged the United States not to take further actions that threaten China's sovereignty and security interest.
The United States' provocative attempts to infringe on China's South China Sea sovereignty are sabotaging regional peace and stability and militarizing the waters.
China on Monday reiterated that it will not accept nor participate in the arbitral proceedings unilaterally initiated by the Philippines.
As China and Russia started the second phase of an annual joint naval drill Thursday off the coast of Vladivostok, quite a few worrywarts have found themselves attracted to the sensational claim that the two countries are stepping up efforts to forge a military alliance.
The British government announced the go-ahead Wednesday for what will be the world's largest offshore wind farm.
The "three halts" proposal pushed forward by Washington during the ongoing Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' meeting is nothing but a new trick to stir tensions in the South China Sea.
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Monday that China is committed to working with ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) members to implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and enhance consultations on the Code of Conduct ( COC) to maintain peace and stability of the sea.
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