China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a joint news conference with Hungary's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, in Beijing, China, November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's success at turning around relations with the Philippines under its new president Rodrigo Duterte show the "conspiracies" of certain countries to stir up trouble in the South China Sea have been defeated, China's foreign minister said on Saturday.
In July, the Philippines won a case at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague challenging China's sovereignty claims in the South China Sea, which infuriated China.
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