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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 0930 GMT, July 25

Xinhua, July 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

The South China Sea arbitration is in essence "a political farce under the cloak of law," Chinese Ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming wrote in an article published Sunday.

"Such a recklessly partial tribunal creates more problems than it solves, and intensifies rather than solves disputes," Liu wrote in a signed article published by the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph. (Britain-China-South China Sea)

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VIENTIANE -- China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Monday reaffirmed their efforts to "promote peace, stability, mutual trust and confidence" in the South China Sea.

A joint statement, issued after a foreign ministers' meeting between China and ASEAN members in the Lao capital, said they are committed to the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea and working substantively toward the early adoption of a Code of Conduct based on consensus. (China-ASEAN-South China Sea)

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HANOI -- Unit 1 of Vietnam's Duyen Hai 3 Thermal Power Plant, which is built by Chinese contractor, has just experienced the first fire furnace, a preparation to run trial before the unit is put into operation.

Local Nhan Dan (People) newspaper on Monday quoted the plant's investor Vietnam Electricity as saying that the first fire furnace is of great importance, creating a premise for the unit to start generating electricity by the end of 2016. (Vietnam-China)

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VIENTIANE -- China highly appreciates Cambodia's efforts to uphold justice over the South China Sea issue, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

When meeting with his Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn on the sidelines of an ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in the Lao capital on Sunday, Wang said history will prove Cambodia's fair and just stance, which will contribute to ASEAN solidarity, ASEAN's central role in regional cooperation and China-ASEAN cooperation as well as peace and stability in the region. (China-Cambodia-South China Sea) Endi