Posted on 05/16/2015 6:33:23 PM PDT by robowombat
China expected to send 'clear message' over South China Sea Updated: 2015-05-15 20:37
By MO JINGXI
Observers said China should send a clear message over its stance on the South China Sea issue during weekend talks with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry, after Washington's increasingly tough approach towards China. They made the suggestion against the background of growing tensions in the South China Sea. Kerry is due to visit China Saturday and Sunday to prepare for the annual US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, which will be held in Washington in late June, and for President Xi Jinping's September visit to the US. However, analysts said the South China Sea would certainly be a topic of the meeting. On Friday, Beijing accused Manila for being heedless of regional interests by backing a US plan to send military ships and aircraft near South China Sea reefs. "Well we welcome that, it goes with our plan to develop Ulugan Bay and a naval base in Palawan," Philippine armed forces chief General Gregorio Catapang was quoted by the Manila Bulletin as saying on Thursday. Catapang also said he hoped that the planned US presence will restore stability in the South China Sea. "Regardless of the common interests of regional countries, the Philippines has frequently taken provocative actions that complicate and accelerate disputes over the South China Sea," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press conference on Friday. Hua said that China has worked with most of the ASEAN countries in maintaining the freedom of navigation and regional peace and stability in the South China Sea.
And I expect a classic ‘Kowtow’ to be delivered to China by Kerry.
Results would be exactly the same but at least the CP wymen would make the Chinese negotiators’ eyes bleed out.
And China would feel like they are getting something for all the money they spend on "anti-war activists".
There are two big differences.
China is constantly taking over ever more manufacturing from us (stuff they now make, which we pay to import), and their population is four or five times our own.
Those are big differences.
All too true.
Is it time for the U.S. to demand that China respect the human rights of the Tibetans, Uyghurs and Mongols — or grant independence to those peoples?
I wish them all good luck.
Is it time for the U.S. to demand that China respect the human rights of the Tibetans, Uyghurs and Mongols — or grant independence to those peoples?
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