China to US: Stop support of PH 'provocations' in SCS

CHINA urged the United States to cease bolstering and endorsing the alleged "provocations" of the Philippines in the disputed territories in the South China Sea (SCS).

In a statement posted on the Chinese Embassy website Friday night, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said that Beijing's message was conveyed by Executive Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu in a phone conversation with US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, where the two sides had a "candid and in-depth exchange of views" on the current China-US relations and issues of mutual interest.