Global Times: Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning China has indisputable sovereignty over Nansha Qundao and their adjacent waters, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday, in response to a question regarding the Philippine move to rename over 100 features in the South China Sea.
Mao said that the Philippines, acting beyond its own territorial scope, has illegally set up the so-called “Kalayaan Island Group (KIG)” and conducted the so-called naming of relevant islands and reefs of the Nansha Qundao, which constitutes an infringement on China’s territory and a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and relevant international law.
China firmly opposes the Philippines’ acts that undermine China’s sovereignty and rights and interests, and will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea, Mao said.
