China vows ‘decisive’ response to South China Sea provocations

‘China has pledged to give a decisive response to any provocations in the South China Sea, after an international tribunal declared invalid Beijing’s claims to the disputed waters.
“If anyone wants to take any provocative action against China’s security interests based on the award, China will make a decisive response,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in Beijing on Thursday.
Beijing claims nearly all of the strategically vital South China Sea, which is also claimed in part by Taiwan, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines. The contested waters are believed to be rich in oil and gas.’
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