Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun: International pressure forced China to stop oil drilling in South China Sea

[mota bhai 2,675]

In the face of fierce criticism from the international community, China perhaps had no choice but to suspend its attempt to “change the status quo by force” when it ended its operations to drill for oil near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

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In early May, China unilaterally started drilling for oil in a sea zone also claimed by Vietnam, which strongly urged it to halt its operations. Chinese and Vietnamese vessels rammed into one another repeatedly, sinking a Vietnamese boat in one instance and escalating the tension to a dangerous level.

Large-scale anti-China demonstrations erupted in Vietnam one after another, while its government waged an international campaign denouncing China for its unjustness. Perhaps China had not expected that Vietnam—increasingly becoming economically dependent on China—would put up such fierce resistance.

Exposing a greater miscalculation by China was the fact that Japan, the United States and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations swiftly rallied behind Vietnam to strengthen their cooperation to counter China.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe criticized China for its self-righteousness at international conferences and on other occasions by repeatedly underscoring the importance of the rule of law in light of China’s territorial claims, which have no grounds in international law. His assertions were widely accepted in the international community.

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The United States made it clear it is willing to actively engage in South China Sea issues. At a time when Beijing is trying to exclude the United States from building an Asian security order, it is significant that the United States is squarely challenging such Chinese endeavors.

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Even so, China will surely not change its strategy of expanding its territories and maritime interests in the South and East China seas.

Japan and the United States must brace themselves for a prolonged, hegemonic campaign by China.

It is notable, however, that accumulated efforts by the international community have borne some fruit this time around.

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001437872

[Sousuke 1,214]

Down with Chinese Communists!

....also clayton kershaw is a p r i c k

Edited July 21, 2014 by Sousuke

[mota bhai 2,675]

Down with Chinese Communists!

I am sure there are some good Communists of Chinese origin somewhere, but it is increasingly clear that the regime in Beijing is run by a bunch of thugs with delusions of grandeur.

[rlogan 2,036]

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The United States made it clear it is willing to actively engage in South China Sea issues. At a time when Beijing is trying to exclude the United States from building an Asian security order, it is significant that the United States is squarely challenging such Chinese endeavors.

The USA is not part of ASEA and has no business injecting it's "Contain China" policy on the region. After all of the worldwide disasters we have caused, the USA has decided upon an "Asian Pivot" to bring the blessings of war, economic sanctions, and imperialism to this region. Folks with a sense of history will recall the glorious days of waterboarding Filipinos by the hundreds and those lovely massacres we perpetrated like the Moro Massacre, bravely killing every last man, woman, and child of 900 who hid from us in a volcano.

That's what gives us the moral credibility now to look upon the Filipinos as cannon fodder in a war with China. The great thing about the joint military exercises we are doing there in the back yard of the Moro is disrupting the peace process between them and the Filipino government. We get to kill two birds with one stone: More war within the Philippines at the same time as war with the Chinese.

This formula seems to be invincible with US citizens: beat the drum over someone we demonize as an international bad guy and dumb it down enough for Joe Six pack: China bad, China bad, China bad. Pretty soon Joe Six pack is an expert on the Spratleys just like he was an expert in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, etc.

This is only on the radar of the US press now because the US government wants it to be. ASEA has been dealing with this for decades and it is going to continue to be an issue they need to settle but with the US involved the prospects for doing it peacefully are lower, not higher. The US is beefing up naval and airbase infrastructure in the Philippines, not planting roses. And our main target is China. Look at the framing of the article above: posturing China as "trying to exclude" the USA from a place that the USA has no business being in the first place. There already is an international body dealing with this problem, namely ASEA, and is comprised of the people who actually live there and will have to directly experience the benefits of the war the USA would love to see started there.