The South China Sea is dotted with reefs and rocky outcroppings that several governments claim, including China and the Philippines. Mr Wang said about 80% of that time was spent on Asean-China relations, and only 20% on South China Sea. (EPA photo)China scored an unequivocal diplomatic victory on Monday, preventing Southeast Asia's main grouping from criticising it for territorially expanding in the South China Sea, even though some of the bloc's members are victims of Beijing's actions. He joked that reporters had expended more than 80% of the question-and-answer time on South China Sea. "We reaffirmed the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, security, stability, safety and freedom of navigation in and over-flight above the South China Sea," the joint statement said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 26, 2016 21:56 UTC