Beijing, China—Beijing on Monday said a joint statement by the United States and Japan that condemned its 'provocative activities' in the contested
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun Beijing, China—Beijing on Monday said a joint statement by the United States and Japan that condemned its “provocative activities” in the contested South China Sea “attacks and smears” China.
China claims almost all of the South China Sea, despite an international ruling in 2016 concluding its claims have no legal basis.On Friday, US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said they opposed China’s “unlawful maritime claims, militarization of reclaimed features, and threatening and provocative activities in the South China Sea” in a joint statement after they met in Washington.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun hit back on Monday, saying “the China-related content of the US-Japan joint statement blatantly interferes in China’s internal affairs, attacks and smears China and exaggerates regional tensions.”Beijing has in recent months pressed its territorial claims in the South China Sea more stridently.
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