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So how are we provoking them?
Did you read your article?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...outh-china-sea
Chinese media: military must be ready to counter US in South China Sea
Chinese media criticised the US on Thursday for “ceaseless provocations” in the South ChinaSea, with Washington expected to soon send warships close to artificial islands Beijing has built in disputed waters.
An editorial in the Global Times, which is close to China’s ruling Communist party, condemned US “coercion”, adding: “China mustn’t tolerate rampant US violations of China’s adjacent waters and the skies over those expanding islands.”
It said China’s military should “be ready to launch countermeasures according to Washington’s level of provocation”.
Tensions have mounted since China transformed reefs in the area – also claimed by several neighbouring countries – into small islands capable of supporting military facilities, a move the US says threatens freedom of navigation.
Following a meeting of American and Australian officials on Tuesday, the US defense secretary, Ash Carter, warned Beijing that Washington would continue to send its military where international law allows, including the South China Sea.
The remarks were backed by the Australian foreign minister, Julie Bishop, who said the two countries were “on the same page”.
Senior officials in Washington have indicated that the US military could sail by these islands in the coming days or weeks.
The warship or ships would pass within the 19km (12-mile) territorial limit China claims around the structures, to demonstrate that US commanders do not recognise it.
Such a move, the Global Times suggested, could be a “breach of China’s bottom line”.
“If the US encroaches on China’s core interests, the Chinese military will stand up and use force to stop it,” the paper warned.
The editorial came after China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said “certain countries have been flexing military muscles in the South China Sea over recent period of times”.
“That is the biggest cause of ‘militarisation’ in the South China Sea,” she added at a regular briefing on Wednesday.
On Saturday, China said work had finished on two lighthouses in the disputed area and pledged to build more facilities, which it said were intended to serve civilian as well as military purposes.
Satellite images of the islands published by a Washington-based think tank show runways that could be used by air force jets.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam – members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) – claim parts of the sea. Taiwan is a sixth claimant.
China has invited Asean defence ministers for a two-day informal summit in Beijing starting on Thursday, according to the country’s defence ministry.
Meanwhile, Vietnam has accused China of sinking one of its fishing boats near disputed islands in the South China Sea that could further raise tensions between the Communist neighbours.
Phan Huy Hoang, an official in central Quang Ngai province where the fishermen came from, said on Thursday a Chinese vessel slammed into the fishing boat with 10 fishermen on board near the Paracels islands on 29 September and sank it.
The fishermen were rescued by another Vietnamese fishing boat and the case was reported to authorities when the fishermen returned home two days ago.
Hoang said more than 20 Vietnamese fishing boats had been attacked by Chinese vessels this year. He said a formal protest would be made to China.
Associated Press contributed to this report
So how are we provoking them?
Did you read your article?
Deploying offensive weapons thousands of miles away from home to menace them in their own sea
the Spratlys are China's backyard for sure, but the sea lanes are international.
http://www.atimes.com/article/us-tel...uth-china-sea/“China talks up a big game and understands the value of perpetrating a mythology of its inevitable dominance. It is an attractive and reasonably plausible message. But in this context, it is important to understand China’s endgame – to be the Indo-Pacific’s paramount political, military and economic power,” Buchan said.
“Essentially, China seeks to ease the United States out of the door, deadbolt it, and make sure it doesn’t come back. To this end, China is utilizing all the tools in the statecraft toolkit,”
The overthrow of Hawaii, the Spanish American War, the Philippine American War and WWII say hi.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a...KCN1NK084?il=0U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told leaders of Southeast Asian nations on Thursday that there was no place for “empire and aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region, a comment that could be interpreted as a reference to China’s rise.
Pence is educated, at least about US history? or is he just stupid? He's a Bible-thumper extremist, and that explains at least his stupidity
Last edited by boutons_deux; 11-17-2018 at 03:25 PM.
China has already checkmated the US in the South China sea. Those manmade islands are unsinkable aircraft carriers and weapons platforms. The only way to neutralize them is with tactical nukes and that's just going too far.
I agree. Nuclear war with China is in fact too far.
China buying land in and investing in infrastructure of Trash's African holes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2018/08/04/china-is-treating-africa-the-same-way-european-colonists-did/#ff08340298ba
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.af0b0214f55a
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46234122
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...ese-investment
Oh thats a whole nother story then
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