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(Reuters) – China criticized U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday for giving tacit backing to the Philippines’ stance in a tense maritime dispute, stressing again that it rejects Manila’s attempt to seek arbitration.

The Philippines, a U.S. ally, has angered China by launching an arbitration case with the United Nations to challenge the legal validity of Beijing’s sweeping claims over the resource-rich South China Sea.

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Sui-Lee Wee, Reuters via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/7ZftAHQBSDg/