South China Sea ruling will 'intensify conflict' - Chinese envoy

By David Brunnstrom and Ben Blanchard WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - An international tribunal's ruling denying China's claims in the South China Sea will "intensify conflict and even confrontation," Beijing's ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday. The ambassador, Cui Tiankai, also told an international forum in Washington that Beijing remains committed to negotiations with other parties in disputes over the South China Sea waters that have some of the world's most promising oil and ga