Australia calls on China to endorse decision on sea

The Federal Government has strongly endorsed a decision in The Hague to deny China's claims over territory in the South China Sea.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Source: AAP

The court ruled China has breached the Philippines' sovereign rights by endangering Philippine ships and fishing and oil projects.

 

It says the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea supersedes China's 69-year-old claim to roughly 85 per cent of the disputed territory.

 

And it says China cannot create its own territory in the South China Sea by building artificial islands.