Beijing has lashed out at Japan and the US after the two nations issued a joint statement expressing opposition to China's claims over the South China Sea.

BEIJING: China deplores and strongly opposes the latest joint statement made by the United States and Japan concerning China, as it is a brazen interference in China's domestic affairs, Chinese Foreig

BEIJING : Beijing today said a joint statement by the US and Japan that condemned its “provocative activities” in the contested South China Sea “attacks and smears” China. China claims almost all of the South China Sea, despite an international ruling in 2016 concluding its claims have no legal basis.

China's foreign ministry said on Monday it had complained to Japan over "negative" references to China in a statement issued after a meeting between the leaders of Japan and the United States.