“The United States should stop playing up the South China Sea issue,” Hong Lei, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said on Wednesday.
The US has to “stop heightening tensions in the South China Sea and stop complicating disputes in the South China Sea,” he added.
China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, which is also claimed in part by Taiwan, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines. The waters are believed to sit atop vast reserves of oil and gas .... http://www.presstv.ir
