April 11, 2015

"Barack Obama has thrown a damp towel over warming relations between China and its neighbors with a funny theory about China being a bully in the South China Sea.

Visiting Jamaica, the U.S. president said Washington is "concerned" China is using its "sheer size and muscle" to force countries into subordinate positions.

Concurrently, Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong is paying a visit to China. In talks with Chinese leaders, Trong said the two nations should carry on a "brotherly and comradely" relationship. This can hardly be characterized as a subordinate relationship."

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