BEIJING: China warned the United States on Tuesday (Aug 20) that it has "no right to intervene" in its maritime disputes with the Philippines after another clash near a disputed reef in the South China Sea. China and the Philippines have had repeated
Chinese Maritime Militia vessels are pictured near the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea , on Mar 5, 2024. BEIJING: China warned the United States on Tuesday that it has"no right to intervene" in its maritime disputes with the Philippines after another clash near a disputed reef in the South China Sea .over the past year, including around a warship, grounded in 1999 by Manila on the contested Second Thomas Shoal, which hosts a garrison.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea despite an international tribunal ruling that its assertion has no legal basis.Philippines protests Chinese air force jets' firing of flares in the path of patrol plane"These actions are the latest examples of using dangerous and escalatory measures to enforce its expansive and unlawful South China Sea maritime claims," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said.
"The US is not a party in the South China Sea and has no right to intervene in maritime disputes between China and the Philippines," Mao told a regular briefing. Sabina Shoal is in the Spratly Islands, which are claimed by China, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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