China to set up maritime judicial centre
China, which claims about 2 million square km of the maritime territory, has always maintained that “the situation in the South China Sea is stable [Xinhua]China’s apex court will create an “international maritime judicial center” to help protect its sovereignty and rights at sea, China’s top judge said on Sunday.
In a work report at the annual meeting of China’s National People’s Congress, Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said this would help implement a national strategy to develop China into a “maritime power.”