HOUSTON, June 4, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Li Qiangmin (3rd R, front), China's Consul General in Houston, Neil Bush (2nd R, front), a private representative for former U.S. president George H.W. Bush, U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (2nd L, front) and Chairman for Asia Society Texas Center Charles Foster (1st L, front) listen as China's Deputy Consul General in Houston Zhao Yumin (not in the picture) gives a keynote speech titled "Maintaining Peace and Stability in the South China Sea" at an event jointly organized by the Consulate General and Asia Society Texas Center in Houston, the United States, June 3, 2016. Bilateral negotiation is the best way as arbitration is not a choice for China and other claimants to settle their disputes over the South China Sea islands, Zhao Yumin said here Friday. (Xinhua/Zhang Yongxing)