Xu Hong, director-general of the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, answers a question at a news conference in Beijing, China, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has widespread support in the international community for its decision not to have anything to do with a legal case lodged by the Philippines against Chinese claims in the South China Sea, a senior diplomat said on Thursday.
China has been stepping up its rhetoric ahead of a ruling expected in a few weeks by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on the Philippines case.
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