A
senior Chinese admiral strongly defended his country's activities in
the South China Sea Sunday, restating Beijing's sovereignty in the
region and warning it "had no fear of trouble."
Admiral
Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's
Liberation Army, addressed the tensions resulting from overlapping
territorial claims in the South China Sea at the IISS Shangri-La
Dialogue in Singapore, an annual conference on security in the
Asia-Pacific region.
Sun
said that the issue had "become overheated because of provocations of
certain countries for their own selfish interests." He also reiterated
that Beijing would not recognize a pending decision of an international
tribunal in The Hague in a case brought by the Philippines contesting
China's claim to some territory in the region.
"We
do not make trouble, but we have no fear of trouble," he said. "China
will not bear the consequences, nor will it allow any infringement upon
its sovereignty and security interests or stay indifferent to the
irresponsible behavior of some countries in and around the South China
Sea."
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