China on Wednesday reiterated its stance on the so-called ruling of an arbitral tribunal on the South China Sea in 2016. "The so-called award of the South China Sea arbitration seriously violates international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It is illegal, null, and void," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin. He made the remarks in response to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's comments on the so-called ruling. Blinken expressed support for the so-called ruling in a statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Tuesday.