January 11, 2016

"China on Monday rejected Vietnam's protests against its test flights to a newly built airport on a reef in the South China Sea as 'groundless,' stressing the test flights 'fall totally within China's sovereignty.'

'China has indisputable sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and their adjacent waters. China's test flights to the newly built airport on Yongshu Jiao fall totally within China's sovereignty,' said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei at a daily press briefing."

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