China hits back at US over South China Sea `takeover` claims

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China attacks international court after South China Sea ruling Read moreBlumenthal said he believed there was now ?broad bipartisan support for trying to stem this expansionism, which is leading to effective Chinese control over the South China Sea?. At his first question and answer session with the press on Monday, Spicer again hinted Trump?s administration would take a harder line on the South China Sea. At a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday, the foreign ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, urged Washington to tread carefully ?to avoid harming the peace and stability of the South China Sea?. ?I think the most dangerous scenario was the one we were heading towards: a lot of tough talk on the South China Sea, but China continuing to encroach and the United States not really putting a lot of muscle behind the statements it was making.? In July 2016, a judgment by an international tribunal in The Hague came down overwhelmingly in favour of claims by the Philippines to rocky outcrops in the South China Sea, a verdict disputed by Beijing.