US Secretary of Defense James Mattis struck a positive tone when he traveled to Beijing this week, expressing a desire to revive high-level diplomatic channels as tensions in strategic arenas ranging from the South and East China Seas to US support for Taiwan’s de facto administrative independence continue to escalate.
“I want to go in right now without basically poisoning the well,” Mattis said. “I’m going there to have a conversation…
“I do not want to immediately go in with a certain preset expectation of what they are going to say. I want to go in and do a lot of listening.”
Following Mattis’ meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, the country’s state media reported on what the US defense chief heard.
“At the same time as we can see the shared interests of the US and China,” Xi was quoted by Chinese state media as saying, “we also don’t shy away from our disagreements.”
With regard to issues that relate to China’s sovereignty and territory, Xi stressed, “our approach is resolute and clear.”
“Even one inch” of the territory handed down by China’s ancestors, he said, “can’t be given up.”
The exchange comes after Mattis has stepped up criticisms of China’s actions in the South China Sea. Earlier this year he warned of “consequences” should Beijing continue “intimidation and coercion” in the region.
There is no row. The nations in the region has agreed to a comprehensive code of conduct and bilateral negotiations to resolve issues.
It is only the US (with its 400 plus military bases surronding China) trying to stir up tension and destabilise the region.
I believe ICJ was not the court that rendered the judgement or the Award. The name of the court is Arbitral Tribunal. Source: http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/t1217147.shtml.
It is a Chinese official document which quotes Artitral Tribunal
as the legal body to arbitrate.
And both the Cairo and Potsdan documents do not have words to mean any land feature in the SCS to be given to China. Nor there is any word to mean giving the sea to China. The sea and the land features are two distinct territories.
Zheng He never went to sea. His voyages were a hoax according to here : https://blog.boxun.com/hero/201302/feihuduiwenji/5_1.shtml
and here: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_650fd4390100lnnd.html
even millions of negotiation will undertaken, if China will not change his behaviour, nothing will happen. In the post said, it was given by the Chinese ancestors to them, meaning, the chinese ancestors even on thier time forcely took possesions from some part of the other country like the Philippines right? There was already a crook behaviour existed during that time.
Yes, since the present-day China is a huge land territory, China must have grown to such a size by means of military conqests, as its present-day behavour in Tibet and Xinjiang testifies to us.
Mr young, US is not the perpetrator, it is the defender ofthe weak countries that is being bullied by China. Freedom of navigation which is being impose by the US is not for US alone but for all the countries who will pASS FREELY on that part of the sea. If the russian, the American will do the same thing like China what is doing, then what part of the ocean in this planet will left for everybody?
Exactly where are these so called 400 US military bases surrounding China.
I believe that the US should immediately change the rules of engagement concerning China and the next time the Chinese laser the eyes of US pilots while inflight the US should immediately destroy the offending party.
Wake up and smell the tea.that will never happen.times have changed.
Wake up and smell the tea.that will never happen.times have changed.
You go back to 4000 yrs..?..that time there is no country..how come u said this is chinas own..we still young we dnt know anything so dont talk too much like you know all..
Who cares what are you saying Mr. Young if china dsnt care of thier peoples future then must be it lets wait and see for the total colasped of this communist regime.remember Hitler., Stalin Bonaparte.
china is just there waiting in the wing for TRUMP to end his term and will start to antagonize evry country passing @WPS shrewd china
Rick Rowe search on US made GOOGKE..
tag US military base around the world.. apparently it will say 800 on your screen.. for details, enjoy google yourself
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Wood Wu the Philippines won and was favored by the international arbitary tribunal court with ruling that the islands and sea within the 200 miles exclusive economic belongs to the Philippines contrary to the 9 dash line of greedy china