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BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing “has the right” to declare an air defence identification zone over the South China Sea, it said Wednesday as it stepped up denunciations of international tribunal that ruled against its expansive claims in the strategic waters. Whether Beijing set up such a zone — which would require civilian aircraft to identify themselves to military controllers — depended on “the level of threat we receive”, said vice foreign minister Liu Zhenmin. “Do […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japan urges China to follow The Hague tribunal’s ruling that denied China’s claims in the South China Sea in order to peacefully resolve disputes in the waterway, Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference on Wednesday (July 13). “Japan sees the ruling as final and legally binding all parties based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. We believe both China and the Philippines […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Beijing’s ambassador to the United States made a blunt rebuke Tuesday of an international tribunal ruling that rendered its claims in the South China Sea invalid. China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the strategically vital waters, despite rival claims from its Southeast Asian neighbors, most notably the Philippines. The decision by the UN-backed tribunal in The Hague “will certainly undermine or weaken the motivation of states to engage in […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing insisted Wednesday that it had sovereignty over the South China Sea, defying an international tribunal ruling that its claims to a vast swathe of the waters had no legal basis. China was “the first to have discovered, named, and explored and exploited” the islands of the South China Sea islands and their waters, and had “continuously, peacefully and effectively exercised sovereignty and jurisdiction over them”, Beijing said in a white […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States put itself on a collision course with great power rival China on Tuesday, describing a ruling against Beijing’s South China Sea claims as “final and legally binding.” Washington had carefully avoided taking a stance on the suit lodged by the Philippines against China’s maritime territorial claims, but when judgment came down, it urged both sides to abide by the result. “The United States expresses its hope and […]
by Benjamin CARLSON with Jan HENNOP in The Hague BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing furiously rejected an international tribunal ruling Tuesday that rendered its claims in the South China Sea invalid and dealt a devastating diplomatic blow to its ambitions in the resource-rich region. China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the strategically vital waters, despite rival claims from its Southeast Asian neighbors, most notably the Philippines. But on Tuesday a UN-backed tribunal in The […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines welcomed a ruling by a United Nations backed tribunal on Tuesday declaring that China has no “historic rights” in the South China Sea as it urged restraint while experts study the ruling with “care and thoroughness.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay issued a statement immediately after the ruling and read it in a press conference at the Department of Foreign Affairs. He described the ruling as a “milestone decision” […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — China has no legal basis to claim “historic rights” to islands in the South China Sea, an international tribunal ruled on Tuesday in a bitter dispute that risks stoking further tensions in Southeast Asia. “The Tribunal concluded that there was no legal basis for China to claim historic rights within the sea areas falling within the ‘nine-dash line’,” the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration said in a statement. jhe/jm © […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam has accused the Chinese coastguard of sinking a fishing boat near a disputed island chain, authorities said Tuesday, ahead of key UN-backed ruling on claims in the flashpoint South China Sea. Two Vietnamese boats were chased by a pair of Chinese coastguard ships on Saturday afternoon off Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province, the Vietnam Fisheries Society (Vinafis) said in a statement. One ship was boarded by Chinese coastguards who forced the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A UN-backed tribunal is on Tuesday expected to deliver a verdict on a Philippine challenge to China’s claims to most of the South China Sea. Spanning three years, two hearings, and nearly 4,000 pages of evidence, the arbitration case at The Hague is complex. In essence, China claims most of the sea, even waters approaching neighboring countries, based on a vaguely defined “nine-dash” Chinese map dating back to the 1940s. The […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The Philippine embassy in China has warned its citizens to beware of personal “threats” and avoid political debates ahead of a tribunal ruling Tuesday over a bitter dispute in the South China Sea. Manila filed a case with an international tribunal in The Hague in 2013 challenging China, which claims nearly all of the strategically vital sea, even waters approaching the coasts of the Philippines China — whose governing Communist party […]
by Benjamin CARLSON BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing braced Tuesday for an international tribunal’s ruling on the South China Sea, where it has expansive territorial claims, with all eyes watching for the Asian giant’s reaction on the ground or in the water. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague is set to release its final decision on the case, which was brought by the Philippines challenging China’s position. In a months-long campaign Beijing […]
