Turning to regional news, China voices opposition to the Philippines seeking international arbitration on a South China Sea territorial dispute, China Central Television reports.

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Another area of dispute is the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost entirely as its own.

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Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan are also in dispute with China over the sovereignty of islands in the South China Sea.

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Both countries are locked in a dispute over ownership of resource-rich islands in the South China Sea.

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And if a dispute involves overlapping claims, diplomacy will dominate, as is the case in the South China Sea, a hotly disputed space.

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