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UN arbitration on South China Sea 'tainted': China
Beijing asserted that will not honour the outcome of the tribunal in the strategically vital area.
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Expand non-militarisation pledge to cover South China Sea: US to Xi Jinping
There has been tension between US and China over the latter's deployment of missiles, radar gear and fighter jets on an islet there
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Asia will be divided if India decides to join SCS patrolling: Chinese Daily
Global Times in an article said that India needs to develop more friends instead of making more enemies.
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Govt asserts for all states to avoid "unilateral action" in South China Sea
China earlier this week deployed surface-to-air missiles on Woody Island in the sea's Paracel chain and radars on Cuarteron Reef in the Spratly islands further to the south
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US Navy to increase 'freedom of navigation' operations in South China Sea
The sailings involve a US warship coming within 12 nautical miles of islets claimed by China as a way of rebutting Beijing's assertions of sovereignty
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Hawaii is not South China Sea: US to China
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that what China was doing in the South China Sea is what the US does in Hawaii
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US confirms China deployed missiles on disputed island
Unites States also expressed growing concern over China's increased 'militarization' in the region