|
HAIKOU, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China tested two new airports on the Nansha Islands on Tuesday, adding more landing choices for flights across the South China Sea.
A Cessna CE-680 airplane from the Flight Inspection Center of the Civil Aviation Administration of China flew between the new airports on the Meiji and Zhubi reefs.
The two airports are capable of handling civil aviation flights and will facilitate transportation, emergency rescue and medical services for people on the islands.
Related:
Backgrounder: A brief look at the South China Sea arbitration case
Full text of statement of China's Foreign Ministry on award of South China Sea arbitration initiated by Philippines
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Following is the full text of the Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China on the Award of 12 July 2016 of the Arbitral Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration Established at the Request of the Republic of the Philippines issued on Tuesday. Full story
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Following is the full text of a statement of the Chinese government on China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea issued on Tuesday. Full story
More countries voice support for China's stance on S. China Sea
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- More countries have voiced their support for China's position on the South China Sea issue "despite pressure," a spokesperson for Chinese Foreign Ministry said here on Monday.
Lu Kang's remarks at the ministry's routine press briefing came after Cambodia reiterated on Saturday that the country would not support the arbitration court's upcoming decision over the South China Sea issue. Full story
Commentary: U.S. should stop treating South China Sea as next Caribbean
MEXICO CITY, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The United States should stay away from the South China Sea issue and avoid repeating its history of military intervention and political manipulation in the Caribbean in the past century.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague will announce its award on Tuesday in an arbitration case filed unilaterally by the Philippines against China on disputes over the South China Sea. Full Story
Commentary: U.S. cold-war mentality not solution to South China Sea issue
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The South China Sea arbitration initiated by the Philippines and without China's consent is a political farce.
The reason is simple: the United States is using the administration of former Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III to raise tensions in the region. Full Story
