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US vows more patrols in South China Sea
BEIJING: The top US navy commander vowed on Wednesday to continue patrols in the South China Sea which have angered Beijing, after an international tribunal dismissed the Asian giant’s vast maritime claims.
"The US Navy will continue to conduct routine and lawful operations around the world, including in the South China Sea," John Richardson said while visiting a navy base in **rthern China. The sea has become a stage for rivalry between the two powers, with Washington in recent months sending navy vessels close to islands and outcrops claimed by China, provoking anger in Beijing. "US forces will continue to sail, fly and operate wherever international law allows," Richardson said, according to an account released by Washington. The remarks came a week after the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled there was ** legal basis for Beijing’s claim to nearly all the Sea, embodied in a "nine-dash line" dating from 1940s maps. China rejected the verdict as "waste paper" and asserted its right to establish an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) controlling flights over the sea. Unlike Beijing, Washington has **t ratified the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) under which the tribunal ruled. But it has urged China to respect the verdict. أكثر... 
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