China's foreign ministry on Tuesday called recent US moves in the South China Sea a self-orchestrated cheap jordan shoes , self-directed and self-performed show, after a top US admiral said in Beijing that the US military will continue to operate wherever international law allows.


"The so-called issue of freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is a pseudo-proposition … The international waterway is wide enough for the US vessel. Why did it choose to take a detour to show its strength in waters off the relevant islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands and try to justify it in the name of safeguarding navigation freedom? It is blatant provocation," Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a daily briefing on Tuesday.


The US is actually depriving China of its right to self-defense as a sovereign state cheap jordan why not zer0.2 , she noted.


The US destroyer USS Lassen sailed within 12 nautical miles of Zhubi Reef, and a defense official said the mission, which lasted a few hours, passed by Meiji Reef, Reuters reported. China claims both reefs as part of its Nansha Islands.


Fan Changlong cheap jordan why not zer0.1 , vice-chairman of China's Central Military Commission, urged the US to stop such wrong and dangerous practices when he met with Admiral Harry Harris, the US Commander of the Pacific Command, on Tuesday afternoon, the People's Liberation Army Daily reported.


Harris said at the Stanford Center at Peking University on Tuesday cheap jordan trainer 3 , "Our military will continue to fly, sail, and operate whenever and wherever international law allows. The South China Sea is not - and will not - be an exception," AFP reported.


Harris also called for stronger military-to-military ties with Beijing while defending Washington's role in the South China Sea, the Wall Street Journal reported.


Zhang Junshe cheap jordan standard , a research fellow at the China Naval Research Institute, told the Global Times that the US ships' passage should be innocent, but the US has adversely influenced regional peace and stability. Innocent passage means a vessel is allowed to pass through the territorial waters of another state subject to certain restrictions.


The tough US stance on the issue is echoing think tank and military calls for an intransigent attitude toward China prior to the presidential election, Liu Feng, an expert on South China Sea studies cheap jordan spiz'ike , told the Global Times.


Regular incursions planned


The US Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea about twice a quarter or "a little more than that" to remind China and other countries about US rights under international law, a US defense official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about Navy operational plans, was quoted by Reuters as saying on Monday.


Liu said both sides may reach a tacit agreement during the Harris visit, revealing the minimum acceptable military moves to each other cheap jordan melo 1.5 , in a bid to avert misjudgment in the waters.


Liu predicted that the US is unlikely to take more military actions than patrols, since the US has attained its goals - not breaking its promises to its allies while maintaining sound ties with China.


Hua reiterated that China is firm in its determination and resolve to maintain its territorial sovereignty, security and legitimate maritime interests.


"We will resolutely respond to deliberate provocation from any country," said the spokesperson, adding that China will closely monitor the situation.


The US and Japan are pushing to get concerns about the South China Sea included in a statement to be issued after regional defense talks in Malaysia cheap jordan legacy 312 , despite Chinese objections to any mention of the disputed waterway, Reuters reported on Tuesday.


A draft of the concluding statement being prepared by host Malaysia makes no mention of the South China Sea, focusing instead on terrorism and regional security cooperation.


As countries outside the South China Sea, the US and Japan should respect the efforts of China and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to settle the disputes, Zhang said.




BEIJING， May 31 (Xinhua) -- They said it couldn't be done but， 12 months on， Beijing's smoking ban has been heralded a success having made shared public spaces in the capital cleaner， healthier and safer.


For people like Zhu Chunmei， 48， who is a waitress in a small restaurant in downtown Beijing， before the ban her working environment was thick with smoke and the smell would cling to her hair and clothes.


"Many people would light up in the restaurant and we could not persuade them otherwise， the room was always so murky，" she told Xinhua during an interview just before the World Health Organization's World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) on Tuesday.


Beijing， which is home to more than four million adult smokers， rolled out what has been deemed the "strictest smoking ban in history" on June 1， 2015， prohibiting smoking in indoor public places， workplaces and public transportation.


"Our customers are all aware of the law， so now they smoke outside，" Zhu said. "Now and then a customer might forget and light up a cigarette inside， but they stop when we remind them."


Huo Ran (pseudonym) has worked at Chaoyang Hospital， Beijing， for 15 years. She said that before the ban it was not unusual to see visitors smoking in the stairwell.


"How could I stop them?" she said. "They were often smoking to relieve their anxiety as someone close to them was sick. So we would turn a blind eye."


After the new law was implemented， however， the smokers were conspicuous in their absence from the stairwell.


"Doctors and staff also stopped smoking in public areas， too，" she said.


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