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China will neither accept nor participate in the arbitration related to the dispute over "maritime jurisdiction" in the South China Sea

Editor's Note: On Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was authorized to release the Position Paper of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Matter of Jurisdiction in the South China Sea Arbitration Initiated by the Republic of the Philippines. The full text of the Position Paper is available on the website of the Ministry, i.e.www.fmprc.gov.cn. The following is a summary of the Position Paper:

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