China has hit out at Britain's Foreign Secretary for "sowing discord" with a visit to a contested site in the South China Sea.

Britain is concerned by China's "dangerous and destabilising" activity in the South China Sea, British foreign minister David Lammy said on Monday.

Britain, via its Foreign Minister David Lammy, expressed concern over China's provocative actions in the South China Sea, labeling them as dangerous and destabilizing. He emphasized the UK's reliance on secure trade routes in the region,

In a video partly filmed alongside a vessel belonging to the Philippine Coast Guard, Lammy on March 10 condemned "dangerous and destabilising activities" by Beijing in the South China Sea. China claims the strategically important waterway in nearly its entirety,