'Bloody Nose': China's Military Pushed for Harsher Response to Hague Ruling
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22:51 01.08.2016(updated 00:21 02.08.2016) Get short URL
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With tensions escalating in the South China Sea, officials in Beijing’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have pushed for a more aggressive stance to defend the nation’s territorial claims.
Beijing has made no secret about its frustrations with the ruling of the Hague-based Court of Arbitration’s decision that China has no legal basis for territorial claims within the South China Sea’s nine-dash line. In the wake of the ruling, Chinese admiral Sun Jianguo warned of "disaster" for continued US military patrols through the region.
This photo taken on May 10, 2016 shows crew members of China's South Sea Fleet taking part in a logistics supply drill near the James Shoal area on South China Sea
According to officials speaking on condition of anonymity, many in the Chinese military had pushed for an even more hardened stance, a position at odds with the diplomatic tone taken by Beijing’s leadership.
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