December 8, 2023

Hyping of the South China Sea issue by the Group of Seven (G7) is just the same old tune, which has become a part of the carefully planned cognitive warfare against China, an expert said on Thursday in response to the G7's latest statement on China's military activities in the South China Sea.

After a virtual meeting attended by G7 members' heads of state on Wednesday, the bloc released a statement, in which it claimed to oppose China's militarization activities in the South China Sea and mentioned the so-called South China Sea arbitration.

The G7 has kept hyping the South China Sea issue with a more coordinated position under US leadership. They try to influence the international community and the Chinese public to force the Chinese government to change its foreign policy, Chen Xiangmiao, director of the world navy research center at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, told the Global Times on Thursday.

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