The State Department is calling on Beijing to stop its “unlawful and coercive activities” in the South China Sea after the department released a study rejecting China’s maritime claims in the sea, which the Chinese regime continues to push.
“With the release of this latest study, the United States calls again on the PRC [People’s Republic of China] to conform its maritime claims to international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention, to comply with the decision of the arbitral tribunal in its award of July 12, 2016, in The South China Sea Arbitration,” the State Department said in a Jan. 12 statement.
