China's Foreign Ministry released an article about the HYSY 981 drilling rig in the Xisha Islands on its website on Sunday.
Vietnam escalated its harassment of China over Beijing's legal oil drilling in the S China Sea, a long statement from the Foreign Ministry says.
It was Japan, not China, which changed the current situation in the East China Sea, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei said in response to Japanese media reports.
The finger pointing by defense secretary serves as an excuse for Washington to seek closer security relationships with Asian countries, say observers.
Chinese governments since ancient times have never given up the exericise of its jurisdiction over South China Sea islands
China will seek to resolve issues involving the South China Sea through peaceful negotiations with its neighboring countries, despite the tense situation in the waters, China’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday.
China on Thursday urged Vietnam to stop interfering into its legitimate operations and ensure the safety of its citizens and institutions.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) not to take sides in the South China Sea row stoked by Vietnamese provocations.
China on Friday once again urged Vietnam to immediately stop disruptions of Chinese company's drilling operation in the South China sea.
Vietnam has made "brutal and unjustified disruptions" to China's normal, legitimate oil rig drilling and has unilaterally established dozens of drilling platforms in disputed waters, a senior Chinese diplomat said.
More than 3,000 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Vietnam and an additional 4,000 are expected to return home Monday.
Over 290 Chinese nationals affected in Vietnam's anti-China riots arrived in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Sunday afternoon.
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