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Beijing warns the EU to stop ‘provoking trouble’ in the South China Sea

Chinese coastguard vessels fire water cannon towards a Philippine resupply vessel at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, on March 5, 2024 [Adrian Portugal/Reuters]

China has told the European Union to stop “provoking trouble” in the South China Sea after EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas expressed concerns about Beijing’s coercive activities in the strategically important waterway.

“We urge the EU to genuinely respect China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea and to stop provoking trouble,” a spokesperson for China’s embassy in Manila said in a statement on Thursday.

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