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Urgent: Chinese foreign minister says South China Sea arbitration a political farce

Xinhua, July 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

The South China Sea arbitration, unilaterally initiated by the Philippines, is a political farce made under the pretext of law, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday.

Wang made the remarks after an arbitral tribunal handling the South China Sea arbitration case issued its final award on Tuesday. Endi