Re: AMDK!!! US would send a clear-signal that China must abandon its artificial isla
In places where they don't have to fear a strong military they simply bully the nations e.g. ASEAN.
China has,
since 200BC, through the Jin, Song, Tang, etc dynasties used and exercised jurisdiction over islands in the SCS. Under the principle of terra nullius, the SCS and the islands in the SCS are China's.
This principle of terra nullius is the same principle which the Whites lay claim to countries like Australia and New Zealand
a mere 200 years (in fact less) ago. It's the same principle which they use to lay claim to the Falkland Islands which are located about
500km from Argentina and
13,000km (!) from the UK.
During colonial times, when China was piss weak, the Europeans took control over the SCS. After these white imperialists were kicked out of Asia, ownership of the SCS returned to China, just as ownership of Vietnam returned to Vietnam, Malaya to the Malayans, Brunei to the Bruneians, etc. The ownership of the SCS was never in dispute, that is, until the 70s when oil and gas were discovered in the SCS. Suddenly, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia (and Taiwan) started claiming parts of the SCS, China's territory, as theirs. Between these countries, they have illegally seized 45 islands in the SCS which belongs to China, and proclaim it as theirs.
How in the world is China, now that it has the means to reclaim its own territory considered "bullying ASEAN"? As a matter of fact, China has bend over backwards to "negotiate" with these claimant countries when it has absolutely no need to do so.