KFC, Apple in China hit by South China Sea spat

The court concluded there was no legal basis for China’s nine-dash line territorial claim, which encompasses approximately 85% of the South China Sea.

Wu was quoted as saying that any attempt to intimidate China by flexing military muscle “will only backfire”.

China’s diplomatic efforts to settle South China Sea disputes will not be blocked by a piece of baseless paper nor several aircraft carriers, Cui underlined, noting at the same time that amid the current situation, dialogue between parties directly concerned is the only feasible way to settle disputes.

The tribunal said that China had violated the Philippines’ sovereign rights and had caused “harm to the coral reef environment” by building artificial islands.

Commander of the Chinese Navy, Admiral Wu Shengli (R), points out the layout of the Chinese Navy headquarters to visiting US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson (L) during his visit to Beijing on July 18, 2016.

“But I will be continuously reassessing my support conditioned on continued safe and professional interactions at sea”.

China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged the U.S. Republican Party to stop making “groundless accusations” against China in its party platform, which says China practices cultural genocide in Tibet and has ludicrous claims in the South China Sea. A former information minister, Zhao Qizheng, said at a news conference in Singapore on Tuesday that the drills were a direct response to frequent USA exercises in the area.

BEIJING has sent the U.S. a message in the skies above the South China Sea: Anything you can do, we can do too.

China has responded by threatening to establish an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the South China Sea, forcing all aircraft to receive permission from Beijing to fly through the area, as well as blaming Japan and the United States for the verdict.

He also said that waterways such as the South China Sea were “the life bloodlines of commerce and the economic growth worldwide” and that Canberra and Washington were ready to face “any challenges in the Pacific with a united front”.

The American restaurant chain found itself the subject of demonstrations after the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague ruled that China had no jurisdiction over disputed islands in the South China Sea.

To a large degree, the worldwide legal system will offer more benefit than harm to China’s peaceful rise, as the established rules will enable politics and diplomacy to take their natural course instead of military conflict.