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ILOILO CITY: The Consul General of the People's Republic of China, during her visit to Iloilo on Thursday, asserted that the landmark arbitral ruling on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) was "illegal, null, and void."
"China has never and will never accept it. China's rights and interests in the territorial dispute in the South China Sea are deeply founded in the historical facts and legal facts and also the international law," Consul General Zhang Zhen said in a news conference, adding the Chinese government stands by its claim to the highly contested waters.
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