Biden administration dismisses China’s claim to South China Sea
On July 11, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a provocative statement dismissing China’s claim to the South China Sea. His declaration repeated the positions laid out by his predecessor Mike Pompeo the year before and demonstrated the fundamental continuity between the Trump and Biden administrations in their war drive against China.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (Creative Commons/Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs)
Blinken’s statement was timed to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the 2016 ruling of the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) upholding Manila’s claim to portions of the disputed waters.
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UpdatedJul 12, 2021, 2:32 pm
PublishedJul 12, 2021, 1:03 pm SGT
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BEIJING (REUTERS) - China’s military said it “drove away” a United States warship that illegally entered Chinese waters near the Paracel Islands on Monday (July 12), the anniversary of an international court ruling that Beijing has no claim over the South China Sea.