The South China Sea remains tense amid disputes regarding Beijing's territorial claims over the region's busy shipping routes and potentially lucrative natural resources.
The U.S. conducts regular naval and aerial freedom of navigation operations in the area, to underscore its belief that some parts of the South China Sea constitute international waters. Beijing has repeatedly condemned such operations as provocative and dangerous to regional peace.
In early August, China convened a meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations diplomats to discuss South China Sea tensions, urging cooperation with China and progress on a binding code of conduct for the region.
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