The army will start military exercises in a designated area in the South China Sea from Tuesday, ahead of a planned ruling by an arbitral tribunal.
China will not bully other countries and hopes that its sovereignty and security are respected, one of China's former top diplomats told an influential US think tank, as President Xi Jinping also pledged to safeguard national interests.
As the farce of arbitration on the South China Sea is to end soon, it is time for the new Philippine government to bring China-Philippines ties back to track.
Beijing hopes Manila will meet it 'halfway'
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wanted a "conversation" with China on the South China Sea in a bid to work out a "win-win relationship" with the country.
China voiced stern warnings on Thursday against an arbitral tribunal that is scheduled to issue a ruling this month on a case raised unilaterally by the Philippines about the South China Sea issue.
Beijing would like to improve ties with Manila through joint efforts, President Xi Jinping tells his Philippines' counterpart Rodrigo Duterte.
Following are remarks by Hong Lei, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, on the Arbitral Tribunal's claim that it would soon issue the so-called final award of the South China Sea arbitration unilaterally initiated by the Philippines.
An arbitration court hearing the dispute between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea said on Wednesday that it will deliver its decision on July 12.
Beijing has already said that it will not recognize the verdict as the tribunal has no jurisdiction. Beijing immune to Manila’s arbitration
China hopes South Korea handles the deployment of the advanced US THAAD missile system in a prudent and proper manner, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen reiterated on Wednesday that the country would not support an arbitral tribunal's upcoming decision over the South China Sea issue.
China and the Philippines should engage in "constructive" dialogue to solve their dispute in the South China Sea as conflicts are "destructive" to all sides, Turkish analysts said.