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Envoy says China has right to set another air zone
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20131203p2g00m0in022000c.htmlMANILA, Philippines (AP) -- China has a sovereign right to establish a maritime air defense zone over another region as it did in the East China Sea, the Chinese envoy to the Philippines said.
The United States and key Asian allies have not honored the East China Sea zone, which was announced Nov. 23 and is seen primarily as a bid to bolster China's claim over uninhabited Japanese-controlled islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. The Philippines is locked in another territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea.
When asked to comment about concerns that China might set up a similar zone over the South China Sea, Ambassador Ma Keqing said in a news conference late Monday that it was the Chinese government's right to decide "where and when to set up the new air identification zone."
She added she could not say at this time if China would do so.