Taiwan rejects ruling on islands

Taiwan's major political parties have voiced their strong opposition to the ruling in the South China Sea arbitration and called for safeguarding China's sovereignty.

Tokyo faults Beijing, yet makes a flimsy claim to expand EEZ

While pressing China to obey the "ruling" over the South China Sea issued by the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague on Tuesday, Japan presses on with a questionable "island" claim.

Sovereignty of China is 'bottom line'

Beijing said on Thursday that it will respond resolutely if any party seeks to use the ruling in the unilaterally initiated arbitration on the South China Sea to harm China's interests.

Vietnam agrees talks are key to disputes

Hanoi respects Beijing's stance on the South China Sea arbitration case, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc says in Ulaanbaatar.

Full text of statement by NPC Foreign Affairs Committee on award of South China Sea arbitration initiated by Philippines

Full text of a statement by the Foreign Affairs Committee of National People's Congress on the award of the arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration established at the unilateral request of the Philippines.

China urges US to stop twisting facts

China urged the US and Japan on Wednesday to stop distorting international law and using the "arbitration" on the South China Sea to serve their own political aims.

Arbitral court not a UN agency

The United Nations said on Wednesday it has nothing to do with the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which set up a tribunal that handled the South China Sea arbitration case the Philippines filed unilaterally in 2013.

Nansha islands greet first civil flights

New runways cut travel time for 1,000-plus km trip to southernmost China from 30 to 2 hours ZHANG YUNBI Two civil airliners touched down for the first time on runways on Meiji Reef and Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea on Wednesday, showing the feasibility of the two new Nansha Islands as flight destinations in China's southernmost territories.

Air defense zone called option

The declaration of such a zone, which would require aircraft entering the zone to identify themselves, will depend on "the level of threat we receive”, says Vice-Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin.

Tribunal has no jurisdiction

Facts in South China Sea Issue

Flight-tests check routes to Nansha airfields

China said on Tuesday it has successfully flight-tested routes to two new airfields on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.