China 'Unafraid' of South China Sea Disputes

Beijing is not trying to make trouble in the South China Sea, but has "no fear" of maritime disputes with other governments in the region, a top Chinese naval officer says.

Admiral Sun Jianguo of the People's Liberation Army Navy made the comments in a speech Sunday, Reuters reports, during which he repeated China's insistence that it doesn't recognize the authority of a U.N. tribunal that is due to rule on a case brought by the Philippines over the two countries' overlapping claims.