Beijing Denounces Boundary Talks as 'Illegal and Invalid'

The Ministry of Transport ships are expected to conduct joint patrols with a coastguard formation dispatched to the same waters last Monday. The Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily published a commentary on Sunday that accused Japan and the Philippines, which already have long-running territorial disputes with Beijing, of becoming “a source of trouble” and a risk to regional peace. Beijing denounced the boundary talks as “illegal and invalid”.