Non-regional powers creating troubles in South China Sea

Foreign Minister Wang Yi reiterated China's position on the South China Sea issue at a press conference on March 7 during the just-concluded annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee.

Throughout history, China and its neighbors in the Southeast Asian region have peacefully co-existed and taken care of each other, shaping the East Asian civilization together.

The South China Sea is also the route through which foreign powers have attacked and invaded the coastal areas of East Asian countries in the past. In modern times, Western colonial powers have used this sea route to colonize many places — from what was earlier referred to as the Indo-China Peninsula, as well as the Malay Peninsula, the Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Luzon, even the Japanese archipelago, and coastal and inland areas of China. That was a dark period in the histories of the countries around the South China Sea.