By Chen Weihua

June 2, 2015

"When senior US officials point fingers at China over maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea - more recently at China's land-reclamation activities there - many Chinese see the criticism as having an ulterior motivation.

In a town-hall discussion on Monday at the White House with a group of young leaders from Southeast Asian nations, President Barack Obama said: 'China is going to be successful. It's big. It's powerful, its people are talented, and they work hard. And it may be some of their claims are legitimate.

'But they shouldn't just try to establish that based on throwing elbows and pushing people out of the way,' Obama said. "

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