{"id":78093,"date":"2016-07-03T22:16:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T02:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=78093"},"modified":"2025-01-10T23:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T04:41:16","slug":"china-plans-south-china-sea-drills-ahead-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/07\/03\/china-plans-south-china-sea-drills-ahead-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"China plans South China Sea drills ahead of court ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48631\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/china-CSIS-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48631\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/china-CSIS-2.jpg\" alt=\"(AFP Photo \/ CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative \/ DigitalGlobe)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/china-CSIS-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/china-CSIS-2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/china-CSIS-2-1024x633.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/china-CSIS-2-900x557.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AFP Photo \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/amti.csis.org\" target=\"_blank\">CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative<\/a> \/ DigitalGlobe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BEIJING\u2014China will hold seven-day military drills around disputed islands starting Tuesday, the maritime safety administration announced Sunday, ahead of an arbitration court ruling on its sweeping claims to the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>China is boycotting the case before The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration in which the Philippines is challenging the validity of the nine-dash line that China uses to demarcate its claims to most of the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy hydroxychloroquine online <a href=\"https:\/\/visualhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/hydroxychloroquine.html\">https:\/\/visualhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/hydroxychloroquine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The court has said it will make a ruling on July 12.<\/p>\n<p>China regularly holds military exercises in the South China Sea. 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