China has asked Japan to stop interfering in the South China Sea issue, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday.
An increasing number of vendors who sell snacks imported from the Philippines on taobao.com, China's largest online shopping platform under the domestic Internet titan Alibaba Group Holding, began to boycott the sales of Philippine imported snacks after The Hague tribunal ruled against China in the South China Sea award on Tuesday.
The tribunal handling the South China Sea arbitration case unilaterally initiated by the former Philippine government issued its final award on Tuesday, but as the panel has no jurisdiction, its decision is naturally null and void.
Taiwan said Tuesday it "absolutely won't accept" the award of an arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration established at the request of the Philippines.
Over 20,000 people have signed an open letter contesting the award on the South China Sea (SCS) arbitration case by an ad hoc tribunal here on Tuesday.
Pakistan said on Tuesday that it believes that disputes over the South China Sea should be peacefully resolved through consultations and negotiations by states directly concerned.
A Chinese mainland spokesperson said Tuesday that both the mainland and Taiwan should safeguard territorial sovereignty and maritime rights in the South China Sea.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China will not accept any proposition or action based on the award issued on Tuesday by the South China Sea arbitral tribunal unilaterally initiated by the former Philippine government.
Yang Yujun, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, has said that Chinese military will resolutely protect the country's national sovereignty, security and maritime rights and interests, and will address threats and challenges.
The South China Sea arbitration, unilaterally initiated by the Philippines, is a political farce made under the pretext of law, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday.
The South China Sea Fleet of the Chinese PLA Navy held on July 12 a commissioning ceremony for the new guided-missile
destroyer Yinchuan (hull number 175) at a naval port in Sanya, a port city in China's island province Hainan.
Benin has called on China and the Philippines to give priority to peaceful means, in particular dialogue and negotiations, in solving their disputes over the South China Sea.
The tribunal handling the South China Sea arbitration case unilaterally initiated by the former Philippine government issued its final award on Tuesday, amid a global chorus that as the panel has no jurisdiction, its decision is naturally null and void.
Statement of the Government of the People's Republic of China on China's Territorial Sovereignty and Maritime Rights and Interests in the South China Sea
Ahead of the award of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on the South China Sea disputes, which is set be announced on Tuesday, Global Times reporter Zhang Ye (GT) on Monday interviewed Alberto Vettoretti (Vettoretti), vice chairman of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and managing partner of the pan-Asia organization Dezan Shira & Associates, to discuss the potential impact of the arbitration on China’s trade relations with Southeast Asian countries, relations among the ASEAN member nations, and their negotiating positions in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international organization based in The Hague, the Netherlands, is set to release on Tuesday its award in the Philippines-initiated case involving territory in the South China Sea which both Manila and Beijing claim. China repeatedly denied the legitimacy of the case, which was filed unilaterally by the Philippines, and has said it would not participate in or accept the result of the case.
Concerns have been raised over the possibility that Japan may play a more aggressive role in the South and East China Seas, after the ruling coalition’s victory in upper house elections has paved the way for the Shinzo Abe administration to revise the nation’s pacifist constitution.
Major Chinese newspapers have slammed the Philippines' so-called South China Sea arbitration, saying it impairs the impartiality and authority of the international legal system.