Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy patrol near a sign in Nansha Islands. - REUTERS filepic
THE South China Sea is one of the issues taking centre stage during the ongoing Two Sessions in the administrative capital of China, probably attracting as much attention as the prediction that China’s economy is heading for a hard landing.
The country’s top officials reiterated that China’s indisputable claims of sovereignty on the waters has a historical basis, and strongly rejected criticism of it militarising the region.
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