China denies U.S. version of Kerry's remarks to foreign minister

[World News]

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China has said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry did not refer to \"provocative\" action by Beijing in the South China Sea while holding a telephone conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. \"In fact, U.S. Secretary of State Kerry made no such comments during the phone conversation,\" China Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying told the official Xinhua news agency late on Tuesday. Tensions rose last week after China moved a giant oil rig into an area also claimed by Vietnam. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, rejecting rival claims to parts of it from Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei.

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