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We want to remove unnecessary barriers in filing a case and protect litigants' rights to appeal."

Li Shaoping, vice-president of the Supreme People's Court, speaking about changes that make it easier to file lawsuits. There has been a huge increase in court cases over the past four months, especially those relating to government administration.

"China will never allow any country to violate, in the name of protecting the freedom of navigation or overflight, our territorial sea and air of the Nansha Islands."

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chun-ying, in response to reports that the US Navy might enter the 12-nautical-mile boundary surrounding reclaimed islands.

(China Daily European Weekly 10/16/2015 page3)