November 4, 2015

"High-level military officials from China and the US met Tuesday at different venues. China's Defense Minister Chang Wanquan held talks with his US counterpart Ashton Carter in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while in Beijing, vice-chairman of China's Central Military Commission Fan Changlong, and Fang Fenghui, Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, met with Admiral Harry Harris, commander of US forces in the Pacific. The South China Sea issue is undoubtedly high on their agenda and the US side is making its intentions evident. 

The high-profile US patrols in the South China Sea are aimed squarely at China's land reclamation, but the US military no longer dwells on criticizing China over it. As neither Carter nor Harris publicly questioned the legitimacy of the construction, it means that the US has realized it is unable to stop China from building islands in the waters."

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