AFP: Beijing lines up diplomatic battle groups over South China Sea
Beijing (AFP) - The disputed rocks and reefs of the South China Sea are more than an ocean away from the landlocked African nation of Niger.
But that has not stopped the strife-ridden, largely desert country of 17 million people adding its voice to a growing diplomatic chorus that Beijing says supports its rejection of an international tribunal hearing on the waters.
Others apparently singing from the same hymn sheet include Togo, Afghanistan and Burundi.
They are among the latest foot soldiers in "a public relations war" by China aimed at questioning international maritime rules, said Ashley Townshend, a research fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
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WNU Editor: China is doing this to showcase to its own people that they have broad international support for their claims on the South China Sea. But bottom line .... this is going to have zero impact in resolving this dispute.
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