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The United States said Monday it backed Manila’s freedom of navigation in the South China Sea after a Philippine ship left a flashpoint reef, leading Beijing to declare “indisputable sovereignty.”
“It is up to the Philippines to decide how they operate their vessels in areas where it enjoys the freedom of navigation in the high seas under international law,” Miller said.Beijing claims most of the South China Sea despite an international tribunal ruling that its assertions have no merit, and it has acted aggressively against Philippine government vessels at Sabina Shoal and other disputed features in the strategic waterway.
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