This photo taken on July 14, 2016 shows a man walking past a poster of a map with a dotted line showing China's claimed territory in the South China Sea on a street in Weifang, east China's Shandong province.
China may build mobile nuclear power plants in the South China Sea, state media reported on July 15, days after an international tribunal dismissed Beijing's vast claims in the strategically vital waters. / AFP / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
A Chinese national living in Malaysia shouts wears stickers of the Chinese national flag on his face as he shouts slogans during a protest against Japan's "nationalizing" of disputed islands known as Diaoyu in Chinese and as Senkaku in Japan, in front of the Japanese embassy in Kuala Lumpur on September 19, 2012. The islands are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan, and the current row has roiled the political relationship between Beijing and Tokyo, which is coloured by Chinese resentment over past conflicts and atrocities. AFP PHOTO / Saeed Khan (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/GettyImages)
Chinese navy servicemen stand at the ready next to a large armament, onboard the Chinese missile frigate Yuncheng (571) in Hong Kong on April 30, 2012. A missile destroyer and a missile frigate is making a port call in Hong Kong to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from the Britain to China. AFP PHOTO / AARON TAM (Photo credit should read aaron tam/AFP/GettyImages)