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Beijing - 11 March 2016
1. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei entering briefing room
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3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Hong Lei, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"China has raised a protest with the US State Department and urged the US to clarify that report. The United States said recently it had no plan to sell arms to Taiwan and hasn't released any statement on that. China's position on the arm sale issue between the US and Taiwan is clear-cut, consistent, and determined."
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5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Hong Lei, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"Australia should seize the opportunity of China's growth and develop the China-Australia relationship, so as to boost greater development of the two countries and reach common prosperity. Meanwhile, we want to point out that the pursuit of peace, cooperation and development has become the trend in regional development, which we would like to call on all countries to follow."
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7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Hong Lei, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"We have to point out again that China deploying moderate and reasonable homeland defence facilities in the islands and reefs in the South China Sea falls completely within China's sovereignty. It is an exercise of the right of self-defence and self-preservation that we enjoyed under international law. We urge the concerned countries to stop pointing their fingers at such issue."
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9. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Hong Lei, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"China is a country under the rule of law, where the judicial authorities handle the case and guarantee the suspects' lawful rights in accordance with the law. Other countries like the United States, which are meddling in the relevant affairs of China on the pretext of human rights, virtually interfere in China's domestic affairs and judicial sovereignty in defiance of judicial fairness. China firmly opposes that."
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11. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Hong Lei, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"We have reached a conclusion on that incident long time ago."
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13. Wide of Hong Lei leaving briefing room
STORYLINE:
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday that Beijing had warned the United States against the sale of two frigates to Taiwan.
Speaking at a regular briefing spokesman Hong Lei said China's position on the arms sale issue between the US and Taiwan was "clear cut."
The comments came after the US State Department said it had authorised, under congressional approval, the sale of two US Navy surplus frigates for 190 million US dollars.
Hong also responsed to a question about an announcement in February by Australia in a Defence White Paper about a 20-year plan to bolster its naval strength as part of a military buildup it said was needed to maintain peace in the South China Sea region.
Hong Lei called on Australia to boost its relationship with China with the goal to reach "common prosperity."
As well as his comments on the US and the frigate sale, Hong also called on the US on Friday to not "meddle in the relevant affairs of China" after Washington raised concerns that China would be able to project military power from its newly built artificial islands in the South China.
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