At a regular briefing today, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China has lodged a stern protest over what it called a malicious attack by Philippine personnel on Chinese Coast Guard law-enforcement officers. China accused third parties of ignoring Philippine infringement and provocation, unfairly blaming China and continuing to promote the illegal and invalid South China Sea arbitration ruling, which China firmly opposes. Lin said the South China Sea is broadly stable due to China–ASEA

At a regular briefing today, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China has lodged a stern protest over what it called a malicious attack by Philippine personnel on Chinese Coast Guard law-enforcement officers. China accused third parties of ignoring Philippine infringement and provocation, unfairly blaming China and continuing to promote the illegal and invalid South China Sea arbitration ruling, which China firmly opposes. Lin said the South China Sea is broadly stable due to China–ASEAN cooperation, and that deliberate Philippine infringements are the root cause of recent maritime tensions. China added that states not party to the dispute have no right to intervene and accused a small group of countries of routinely exploiting incidents to oppose China.