U.S. Rejects China's South China Sea Territorial Claims

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The Diplomat: US UN Ambassador Pushes Back on Chinese South China Sea Claims

The note evoked the July 12, 2016, ruling by an international tribunal on maritime entitlements in the South China Sea.

In a significant step to push back on China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea at multilateral forums, the United States has challenged Beijing’s claims at the United Nations.

On Monday, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations formally submitted a note verbale — a diplomatic communication — to the office of the UN Secretary-General’s office arguing that China’s maritime claims in the disputed South China Sea were “inconsistent with international law.”

The U.S. note verbale was in response to December 2019 communications by China responding to a submission by the Malaysian government to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, seeking an extended continental shelf in the South China Sea.

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Update: US rejects China maritime claims in South China Sea (AP)

WNU Editor: China has ignored everyone who is disputing their claim that the entire South China Sea belongs to them. They will ignore this one also.