A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Fridaythat China's determination to solve a dispute with the Philippinesover Huangyan Island via diplomatic means remains unchanged. "The Huangyan Island incident was triggered by a Philippinewarship's harassment against unarmed Chinese fishermen," spokesmanLiu Weimin said at a regular news briefing. The Philippines recently reported the presence of four ChineseMarine Surveillance ships and 10 Chinese fishing vessels near theisland, the largest number since the dispute began in April. ThePhilippines also asked China to refrain from making any moves thatmight deteriorate the situation. "Huangyan Island is an inherent part of China's territory and thesurrounding waters are historic fishing areas for Chinesefishermen," Liu said. "It should be pointed out that China's position of addressing theissue through diplomatic consultations has not changed," thespokesman said. "We strongly urge the Philippine side to come back onto the righttrack toward a diplomatic solution," Liu said, adding that anywords or behavior that could complicate the situation will not helpto address the problem. Related: China urges Philippines to pair words with actions BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday highlighted remarksmade by the Philippine president about de-escalating the situationover Huangyan Island, urging the country to "match its words withdeeds." "We hope the Philippine side would act as it speaks and takeconcrete measures to stop provoking incidents in the area, so as toresume peace and stability around Huangyan Island," ForeignMinistry spokesman Liu Weimin said in regards to PhilippinePresident Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III's remarks aboutde-escalating the situation. Full story Philippines' "bully" claim sheer subjective assumption: Chinesespokesman BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- China said Sunday that thePhilippines' allegation that a Chinese ship "bullied" Philippinevessels was sheer subjective assumption. "According to the information from relevant authorities, China'sYuzheng 310 went on patrol in waters off the coast of HuangyanIsland in the early morning of April 28 (Saturday) in accordancewith the law," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weiminin response to a question from the press. Full story Philippines' Huangyan Island sovereignty claim "illegal": spokesman BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' sovereignty claimover Huangyan Island is "illegal" and against basic principles ofinternational relations, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin saidhere Friday. "The Philippines has once clearly stated that Huangyan Island inthe South China Sea is not part of its territory, but now itswallowed its words and raised illegal territory claim over anisland which belongs to China," Liu said at a regular pressbriefing. Full story Manila's resort to foreign intervention in South China Sea set toend in vain BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Over the past days, the Philippineshas not only made repeated provocative moves over China's HuangyanIsland, but attempted to resort to external forces to muddle up theissue. Currently, the standoff has persisted for nearly half a month sincetwo Chinese surveillance ships came to the rescue of the Chinesefishermen who had been harassed by Philippine warships. Full story China's sovereignty over Huangyan Island never impedes "freedom ofnavigation" BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China said on Tuesday that itsexercise of sovereignty over the Huangyan Island has never impededfreedom of navigation in the South China Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin made the remarks at a routinepress briefing when asked to comment on Philippine ForeignSecretary Albert del Rosario's remarks on the area. Full story. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Microfiber Travel Towel , China Sleeping Eye Mask for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Decorative Pillow Fabric.
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