- Title: China says stay out of South China Sea issue after UK comments
- Date: 28th July 2017
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JULY 28, 2017) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN LU KANG WALKING IN FOR REGULAR BRIEFING MEDIA SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, LU KANG, SAYING: "Currently countries in the region are working together to safeguard and promote regional peace and prosperity, yet we see other countries who insist on stirring up trouble while the situation is trending towards calm in the South China Sea. No matter what banner these countries or people carry, or what excuses they parade out, if they come from another part of the world posing as a person of high morals but in fact leave chaos and humanitarian crises, the record of their previous crimes are enough to warrant the people of the region to maintain a high level of alert." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE FLAG FLYING
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- Keywords: China South China Sea China foreign ministry Boris Johnson China reaction to UK British aircraft carriers
- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- City: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0016RMSFNR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: China said it was on high alert to statements from countries "playing up" tension in the South China Sea on Friday (July 28) after Britain said it planned to send a warship to the disputed waterway next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises.
Britain would increase its presence in the waters after it sent four British fighter planes for joint exercises with Japan in the region last year, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday (July 27).
The presence of a British vessel threatens to stoke tensions, escalated by China's naval build-up and its increasingly assertive stance. China claims most of the energy-rich sea where neighbours Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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