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China’s latest round of actions in South China Sea (SCS) region through war exercises involving fighter jets and war ships ahead of fifth anniversary of international tribunal ruling is yet another brazen act of violation of international law on the 100th year of the ruling Communist Party of China and must be condemned by the international community in no uncertain terms. China is also using the People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia, China’s armed fishing fleet, as a gray zone actor to assert its claims to disputed territories in SCS region. China claims everything within the “nine-dash line,” stretching from Taiwan to Malaysia – a vaguely defined boundary purportedly based on old maps. In 2016, the international tribunal at The Hague ruled there was no legal basis for such a claim. China rejected the decision, and other countries have continued to complain about Chinese vessels in their waters. But the 2016 verdict is legally binding and China should honour it and m

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