China to Continue Building on Contested Islands

China's navy chief Admiral Wu Shenli told his counterpart U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson during a meeting in Beijing that the communist nation would proceed with construction work on the contested South China Sea islands despite foreign objection, emphasizing China's rejection of the unfavorable ruling from the arbitration tribunal in the Hague.

Admiral Wu's statement on Monday came after the international tribunal court rebuked China's historic and economic claims over the majority of the South China Sea with the release of its July 12 decision, favoring the Philippines who brought the case with a legal victory.

The Chinese navy chief stated that they will not halt their construction activities on Nansha Islands, notwithstanding any nation or individual that express their opposition. He defended the construction as 'justified and lawful' and cautioned that undertakings to pressure China will only have the opposite results, according to reports of Xinhua News Agency.

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