July 25, 2015

"China urged the U.S. to live up to its pledge of not taking sides on the South China Sea issue on Friday and reaffirmed that the U.S. is not a party concerned.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang made the remarks while responding to a recent comment by Daniel Russell, assistant U.S. secretary of state for east Asian and Pacific affairs.

In his recent speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Russell implied that arbitration is the only practical means left for China and the Philippines to solve competing claims in the South China Sea. He also touched upon issues concerning entitlement of maritime features and jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal."

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