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China tells U.S. to keep out of South China Sea dispute By Ben Blanchard and Huang Yan Ben Blanchard And Huang Yan - 2 hrs 30 mins ago BEIJING (Reuters) - China told the United States not to interfere in a regional dispute over claims to the <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_china_seas;_ylt=AtdBw3zuxAURJRVSLc9Hw9Os0NUE; _ylu=X3oDMTNoYXZwb2I2BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwOTIxL3VzX2NoaW5hX3NlYXMEY2NvZGUDbW9 zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwMxBHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdAR zbGsDY2hpbmF0ZWxsc3Vz> South China Sea, saying it would only complicate the matter. Japan's NHK TV reported last week that the United States and southeast Asian countries may announce a joint statement on September 24 that obliquely presses China over its recent activities near disputed isles in the South <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_china_seas;_ylt=AtdBw3zuxAURJRVSLc9Hw9Os0NUE; _ylu=X3oDMTNoYXZwb2I2BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwOTIxL3VzX2NoaW5hX3NlYXMEY2NvZGUDbW9 zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwMxBHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdAR zbGsDY2hpbmF0ZWxsc3Vz> China Sea. China has been increasingly strident in asserting its territorial claims, especially maritime ones. In the past week, it has suspended high-level exchanges with Japan and promised tough counter-measures after a court there extended the detention of the captain of a Chinese boat which collided with two Japanese coastguard ships near disputed islands. "We express great concern about any possible South China Sea announcement made by the United States and the ASEAN countries," <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_china_seas;_ylt=AtdBw3zuxAURJRVSLc9Hw9Os0NUE; _ylu=X3oDMTNoYXZwb2I2BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwOTIxL3VzX2NoaW5hX3NlYXMEY2NvZGUDbW9 zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwMxBHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdAR zbGsDY2hpbmF0ZWxsc3Vz> Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular news briefing. ASEAN is the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. "We resolutely oppose any country which has no connection to the South China Sea getting involved in the dispute, and we oppose the internationalization, multilateralization or expansion of the issue. It cannot solve the problem, but make it more complicated," she said. Washington has criticized Chinese claims to swathes of the South China Sea, where <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_china_seas;_ylt=AtdBw3zuxAURJRVSLc9Hw9Os0NUE; _ylu=X3oDMTNoYXZwb2I2BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwOTIxL3VzX2NoaW5hX3NlYXMEY2NvZGUDbW9 zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwMxBHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdAR zbGsDY2hpbmF0ZWxsc3Vz> Taiwan and several ASEAN members including Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines also assert sovereignty. China says it has sovereignty over the seas, home to valuable fishing grounds and largely unexploited oil and natural gas fields. It reacted with anger in July when the United States brought up the issue at a regional meeting, further souring ties between <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_china_seas;_ylt=AtdBw3zuxAURJRVSLc9Hw9Os0NUE; _ylu=X3oDMTNoYXZwb2I2BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwOTIxL3VzX2NoaW5hX3NlYXMEY2NvZGUDbW9 zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwMxBHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdAR zbGsDY2hpbmF0ZWxsc3Vz> Beijing and Washington already under strain from spats over the value of the Chinese currency, Tibet and Taiwan. While there have been no military clashes in the seas for years, China and some of the other claimants have been building up their military presence in the region. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? 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