China to US: Safeguarding sovereignty, territory ‘firm as a rock’

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China to US: Safeguarding sovereignty, territory ‘firm as a rock’

China’s foreign minister told top US diplomat John Kerry on Saturday, May 16, that Beijing was “unshakeable” in its defense of sovereignty, as tensions between the powers mount over Chinese island-building in strategic but disputed waters.

The United States is weighing sending warships and surveillance aircraft within 12 nautical miles – the normal territorial zone around natural land – of artificial islands that Beijing is building in the South China Sea. Such a move could lead to a standoff on the high seas, in an area home to vital global shipping lanes and believed to be rich in oil and gas deposits.

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