China vows effective measures to deter any sabotaging moves in the South China Sea

BEIJING (Xinhua): China's defence ministry has vowed to take resolute and effective measures to deter any sabotaging moves in the South China Sea and uphold regional peace and stability.

Chen Xi, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the statement on Friday in response to a media query concerning the Philippines' recent provocations near China's Huangyan Dao and Ren'ai Jiao, as well as its military's claims about Chinese vessels and China's intentions in the area.

China has indisputable sovereignty over Huangyan Dao and Nansha Qundao, including Zhongye Dao, Xianbin Jiao and Ren'ai Jiao, and their adjacent waters, and has sovereign rights and jurisdiction over relevant waters, Chen said.

These islands and reefs lie outside Philippine territory. Meanwhile, the Chinese side is taking necessary measures in accordance with relevant laws and regulations to uphold its sovereign rights, which are legitimate, reasonable, professional and standardized, the spokesperson said.

For some time, the Philippine side has been rallying external forces to stir up trouble in the South China Sea, while violating others' sovereignty, making provocations and distorting facts to spread false narratives. All these have made the Philippines a destroyer of peace and a destabilizing factor in the South China Sea, Chen said.

In response to another media query, the spokesperson slammed Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro's hyping of the South China Sea issue and his false remarks about China.

"A certain Philippine politician cares only about his selfish interests, trying to gain political influence by taking an extreme anti-China position, expand his own military power by creating 'external threats,' and trade for foreign support through stirring up trouble in the South China Sea," Chen said.

All these moves have directly jeopardized the Philippines' national security and people's well-being, greatly undermined regional peace and stability and the shared interests of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and had a destructive impact on China-Philippines ties and defense relations, the spokesperson said.

The Chinese side remains committed to firmly safeguarding national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and building the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation together with regional countries, he added. -- Xinhua

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北京（新华社）：中国国防部誓言将采取坚决有效的措施，遏制南海任何破坏活动，维护地区和平稳定。

国防部发言人陈曦周五就菲律宾近期在中国黄岩岛和仁爱角附近挑衅行为，以及菲律宾军方对中国船只和中国在该地区的意图的主张等媒体问询作出了上述回应。

陈先生表示，中国对黄岩岛和南沙群岛（包括中业岛、咸滨礁和仁爱礁）及其邻近水域拥有无可争议的主权，对相关水域拥有主权权利和管辖权。

这些岛屿和礁石位于菲律宾领土之外。发言人表示，中方正依据相关法律法规采取必要措施，维护自身合法、合理、专业、规范的主权权利。

陈先生表示，一段时间以来，菲律宾方面一直在拉拢外部势力在南海挑起事端，侵犯他国主权，进行挑衅，歪曲事实，散布虚假信息。所有这些都使菲律宾成为南海和平的破坏者和不稳定因素。

针对另一媒体的询问，发言人抨击了菲律宾国防部长吉尔伯托·特奥多罗对南海问题的炒作以及他对中国的虚假言论。

陈说：“菲律宾某政客只关心自己的私利，试图通过采取极端反华立场来获取政治影响力，通过制造‘外部威胁’来扩张自己的军事力量，并通过在南海挑起事端来换取外国支持。”

发言人表示，所有这些举动都直接危害了菲律宾的国家安全和人民的福祉，严重破坏了地区和平稳定和东南亚国家联盟的共同利益，对中菲关系和防务关系造成了破坏性影响。

他补充说，中方将继续坚定维护国家领土主权和海洋权益，同地区国家一道，将南海建设成为和平、友谊与合作之海。——新华社

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