China calls on US, Japan to stop twisting the facts

China urged the US and Japan on Wednesday to stop distorting international law and using the "arbitration" on the South China Sea to serve their own political aims.

Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the US, said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Tuesday that these territorial issues in the South China Sea should not become issues between China and the US.

"We will not yield to any pressure, be it in the form of military activities, media criticism or some self-claimed legal bodies," he said.