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Ludovic EHRET

China Will 'Crush' Foreign Encroachment In South China Sea: Military Official

Hundreds of delegates were in the Chinese capital Thursday for its largest annual defence forum (Credit: AFP)

China will "crush" any foreign incursion into its sovereign territory including in the South China Sea, a senior Beijing military official said Thursday on the sidelines of a defence forum.

"We hope that the South China Sea will remain a sea of peace," Chinese army Lieutenant General He Lei told a small group of journalists including AFP at the Xiangshan forum.

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