Southern Theatre Command were on high alert ‘to safeguard China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests’

“Any attempt to stir up trouble or create tensions in the South China Sea will never succeed,” Senior Colonel Tian Junli, spokesman for China’s Southern Theatre Command, said in a statement on Thursday.

He said the theatre forces “remain on high alert at all times, determined to safeguard China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests”.

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