October 28, 2015

"Though the United States insists that it won't take positions on the South China Sea issue, all of its actions seem to be targeting China - a naval destroyer sailing within 12 nautical miles off China's Nansha islands is the latest example.

An Associated Press report quoted a U.S. defense department official as saying that 'we will fly, sail, and operate anywhere in the world that international law allows.'

We should give 'credit' to Uncle Sam. As an irrelevant party in the dispute, the country has spared no effort to create fanfare in the South China Sea, accusing China of harming navigational freedom, though evidence has seldom been presented on how harm was done or how shipping lanes have been threatened by China's island construction, which is primarily used for creation of two lighthouses."

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