![[Scarborough Shoal / Scarborough Reef / Huangyan Island / Minzhu Jiao / Panatag Shoal]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Scarborough_Shoal_Landsat.jpg "Liu said the Philippines is violating international law by using the U.N. convention to call into question sovereignty over the territory, known as Huangyan island in Chinese")
China said Wednesday that the Philippines is violating maritime law by claiming a shoal in the South China Sea and dismissed Manila's request to take the dispute to an international court."We believe it runs counter to historical facts and violates the law," said Liu Weimin, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry.
Philippine navy and Chinese maritime patrol vessels engaged in a standoff last week over a fishing incident near the Scarborough shoal in the South China Sea, an area both sides claim as sovereign territory.
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