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China ruling party newspaper hits US over sea dispute
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China's Rear Adm. Sun Jianguo (center) of the People's Liberation Army Navy, deputy chief of the joint staff of the PLA’s General Staff Department, listens to the keynote address during the opening dinner of the 15th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, Asia Security Summit in Singapore as US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is seated at right, June 3. (AP/Wong Maye-E)
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he flagship newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party has issued a harsh attack on US policies in Asia, accusing it of seeking to turn the disputed South China Sea into a powder keg and warning it not to underestimate China's determination to defend its territorial claims.
The People's Daily on Wednesday cited recent combined exercises by two Navy aircraft carrier strike groups as a sign of US hegemony and says Washington has made a mistake in seeking to intimidate China.
The article comes amid rising tensions over contested waters, islands and reefs and Chinese outrage over US support for a case brought by the Philippines before a United Nations arbitration panel challenging Beijing's claims to virtually the entire South China Sea. A verdict in that case is expected soon.
