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China opposed "internationalizing" South China Sea issue
Asia Bulletin
Saturday 31st July, 2010
(ANI)
China on Friday said that it was opposed to "internationalizing" the South China Sea issue.
A spokesman of the Chinese defence ministry called on the United States to "contribute to bilateral military exchanges" and not interfere in what Beijing termed a national issue.
Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng said China "has indisputable sovereignty over islands in the South China Sea and the surrounding waters".
According to the China Daily, Geng was responding to a US reporter who asked for comments about US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks last week in Vietnam.
"We oppose the South China Sea issue being internationalized," said Geng in his first public press briefing.
He added that China respects the ships and aircraft from "relevant countries" entering the South China Sea in accordance with international laws.
Clinton had said in Vietnam last week that the US was concerned that conflicting claims to the Nansha (Spratly) and Xisha (Paracel) island chains were interfering with maritime commerce, hampering access to international waters and undermining the United Nations law of the sea.
China would push for a resolution with "relevant countries" through peaceful negotiations and friendly dialogue according to international law, said Geng. (ANI)
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| By fish, 07-31-10, 06:26 PM |
China opposed "internationalizing" South China Sea issueIf China has the institutional thinking of maintaining regional stability, it will not shoot its own foot by being a regional bully whether through peaceful or forceful means or not. That kind of internationally transparent actions will boomerang in the long run. Shouldn’t China has more of a vested interest in its own backyard and long term relationship with neighbors than a faraway land such as America? Whether China has leadership skills & visions worthy of being a world power & regional leader, its ability as to whether it can manage & handle relationships fairly & squarely with others will show. Paper cannot wrap fire. |
| By freetibet, 07-31-10, 10:29 PM |
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| By freetibet, 07-31-10, 10:30 PM |
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| By freetibet, 07-31-10, 10:31 PM |
| "China would push for a resolution with “relevant countries” through peaceful negotiations and friendly dialogue according to international law, said Geng."....what a sham....you rabid chink dogs only understand brute force.....period |
| By waltky, 08-14-10, 12:21 AM |
| Granny says dem Chinese is `bout to do sumpin'...
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Will retaliate if offended by US, warns China General
Aug 14, 2010, A Chinese General on Friday termed as “flagrant provocation” US plans to send a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Yellow Sea and said the country would retaliate if “offended”.
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“A country needs respect, so does a military. We will retaliate if we are offended," Major General Luo Yuan, deputy secretary-general of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Academy of Military Sciences, wrote in an editorial in the PLA Daily. The US is “pushing its security boundary to the doorstep of others — the Yellow Sea, South China Sea and so on," Luo said.
China had in the recent weeks voice its firm opposition to activities of foreign military vessels or planes in the Yellow Sea and China’s coastal waters, saying they undermine it security interests. Despite China’s warning, the US insists on sending the carrier ‘USS George Washington', he said
The General was reacting to remarks by Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, that the carrier will always go into international waters. China is developing a new missile called Dong Feng 21D, that could penetrate the defenses of even the most advanced aircraft carrier at a distance of more than 1,500km.
Read more: Will retaliate if offended by US, warns China Gen - China - World - The Times of India [url:
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