Beijing guarded on India’s reaction

“If it is said that the dispute should be resolved by fully complying with the international law, I think it is the same with what Chinese government is upholding,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters here.  

He was reacting to questions on India’s External Affairs Ministry statement asking all parties involved in the South China Sea row to resolve the maritime dispute through peaceful means without threat or use of force and “show utmost respect” to the verdict by Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

India’s reaction came after the tribunal ruled China has no legal basis to its claims of “historic rights” to islands in South China Sea.