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Chitchat [South China Sea] Well done, Rex! (Secy of state nominee)

Thick Face Black Heart

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...sets-collision-course-beijing-south-china-sea

Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, has set the stage for a potential clash with China, saying it should be barred from artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea.

Tillerson said China’s control and construction of artificial islands in waters claimed by neighbouring countries was “akin to Russia’s taking of Crimea”.

China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, building seven artificial islands on reefs and rocks and outfitting them with military-length airstrips and anti-aircraft guns.

“We’re going to have to send China a clear signal that, first, the island-building stops and, second, your access to those islands also is not going to be allowed,” Tillerson said during his confirmation hearing to become America’s top diplomat. “They are taking territory or control or declaring control of territories that are not rightfully China’s.”

The statements are sure to enrage China, which has taken an extremely rigid stance on challenges to its sovereignty claims. Last year, an international tribunal ruled much of China’s territorial claims were invalid, but had little effect and the Chinese government ignored the verdict.

Trump frequently slammed China during his campaign, mostly on economic issues, and recently used Twitter to chastise China over its support for North Korea. But Tillerson’s comments are a new provocation that Beijing may not be able to ignore.

“China has been restrained in the face of all the tweets and rhetoric because they hope they can put the US-China relationship on an even keel,” Glaser said. “The Chinese have not given up on that, but at some point Xi Jinping may have to because being seen as weak would damage his ability to consolidate power.”

This year is crucial for Xi as his first term winds down. A critical Communist party meeting at the end of the year will involve a cabinet shuffle and will likely determine who succeeds Xi, with leaders locked in a power struggle to appoint their allies.

While Tillerson did not elaborate on how the US would bar China from islands in the South China Sea, experts agreed it would have to involve some form of military deployment.

“Blocking China’s access, presumably with US warships, would precipitate a crisis, a military clash,” said Ashley Townshend, a fellow at the University of Sydney’s United States studies centre.

“It is also illegal under the same rules the US is conducting all of its current policy in the South China Sea.”

Under Barack Obama, the US maintained a neutral stance on sovereignty claims, not recognising any ownership and often sailing warships through the South China Sea in what it called freedom of navigation exercises.

“Tillerson, like Trump, is shaping up to taking a much more hawkish stance with China on the South China Sea and indeed more broadly,” Townshend added.

But a more assertive stance on what China sees as its territorial integrity is likely to cause more tension, with Xi saying in a speech last year: “No foreign country should expect us to swallow the bitter fruit of damage to our sovereignty, security and development interests.”

Tillerson also slammed China for failing to reign in North Korea’s nuclear program, describing China as having “complete control over what sustains the government of North Korea.”

“We cannot continue to accept empty promises, like the ones China has made made to pressure North Korea to reform only to shy away from enforcement,” Tillerson said. “Looking the other way when trust is broken only encourages more bad behavior. It must end.”

The boisterous language on both the South China Sea and North Korea is unlikely to force China to act, and may even hamper efforts of Trump’s administration to encourage cooperation in other areas.

“I can’t think of a solution to the North Korean nuclear issue that doesn’t involve China and the US working together,” Townshend said. “But publicly calling out China is not the best strategy if you are trying to induce them to cooperate.”
 

tanwahtiu

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Loyal
Fuck u drug traffickers. U are provoking Yellow Peril on American soil.

Let's see who are interested to form alliances w you to fight China?

U hv never fight alone in wars. Oh yes, the last time was in Vietnam and loss.
Hv to leave like a dog with it tail and head down lanlan leave w shamed.

Oh yes u hv fight alone in wars where yr self made enemies were still natives who still uses spears only.

Fuck u Rex the descendant of drug traffickers.
 

PTADER

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Nothing more than meaningless, kong lancheow wei from a white trailer trash for cheap theatre in order to get his confirmation.

Once he has another look at the world map and it hits him that that China is not that small, easily bullied and weak country located in the Middle East he thought it is, and that the "might" of the American military machine lost to pyjama-clad Vietcongs, and that the American public will see a repeat of the video below multiplied tens of thousands of times over if he takes on China, he will sing a different tune, tuck his tail firmly between his hind legs and scuttle off very quickly.

[video=youtube;Sh0us8c0vOg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh0us8c0vOg[/video]
 

PTADER

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China says the N-word. Openly declares and shows it card to the white American trailer trash.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1028568.shtml

"China has enough determination and strength to make sure that his rabble rousing will not succeed. Unless Washington plans to wage a large-scale war in the South China Sea, any other approaches to prevent Chinese access to the islands will be foolish.

The US has no absolute power to dominate the South China Sea. Tillerson had better bone up on nuclear power strategies if he wants to force a big nuclear power to withdraw from its own territories."
 

tanwahtiu

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Gunboats diplomacy again?

Use nuke this time. Carrier and aircrafts fights are out of date. Who will deliver the 3rd nuke after 2 nukes landed in Japan.?
 
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