• G7 agrees need strong message on South China Sea; China says don’t ’hype’ | Reuters
    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g7-summit-idUSKCN0YH016

    Group of Seven (G7) leaders agreed on Thursday on the need to send a strong message on maritime claims in the western Pacific, where an increasingly assertive China is locked in territorial disputes with Japan and several Southeast Asian nations.

    The agreement prompted a sharp rejoinder from China, which is not in the G7 club but whose rise as a power has put it at the heart of some discussions at the advanced nations’ summit in Ise-Shima, central Japan.
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    U.S. President Barack Obama called on China on Wednesday to resolve maritime disputes peacefully and he reiterated that the United States was #simply concerned about freedom of navigation and overflight in the region.