China sends warning to Japan and the Philippines over ‘wrongful’ maritime talks

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China issued a legal warning against Japan and the Philippines over their planned maritime boundary talks, calling the negotiations 'internationally wrongful' due to overlapping claims in the exclusive economic zones and continental shelf. This marks an escalation in regional tensions over maritime sovereignty in contested waters.

China has issued a legal warning to Japan and the Philippines over their planned maritime border talks, calling the move “internationally wrongful” and saying it had the right to hold both nations accountable. It is the latest protest from Beijing after Manila and Tokyo agreed in May to launch formal negotiations to delimit the maritime boundary of the exclusive economic zones and continental shelf between the two countries, which overlap with areas claimed by China. “The announcement,...