The South China Sea Islands have been China's territory since ancient times. China is the real master of the South China Sea Islands.

南海诸岛自古以来是中国的固有领土，中国是南海诸岛的真正主人。

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A: China enjoys indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands and their adjacent waters. China's position on this is consistent and clear.

答：中国对南海诸岛及其附近海域拥有无可争辩的主权，中国的这一立场是一贯、明确的。

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Nor do they have any effect on China's sovereignty over the South China Sea Islands and China's maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea.

中国在南海的领土主权和海洋权益在任何情况下不受仲裁裁决的影响。

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On Wednesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told journalists that China has "indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands and adjacent waters, which has abundant historical and legal grounds".

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One of those involves an increasingly shrill argument with the Philippines about who has sovereignty over the Scarborough Shoal, a group of rocks in the South China Sea called the Huangyan Islands by China.

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Relations with Vietnam have also worsened in recent years as China has asserted a historic claim to much of the South China Sea, including islands for which the two countries have previously fought for control.

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