This week, ahead of America’s top defense official’s sit-down with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday, the US sent two B-52 Stratofortress bombers on a flight near contested islands in the South China Sea, in the latest sign of rising tensions.
The aircraft “participated in a routine training mission in the vicinity of the South China Sea,” a statement from the US Air Force said. The flight was part of the US military’s “Continuous Bomber Presence operations,” the statement added, as reported by CNN.
In response to the report, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said that China resolutely opposes using the pretext of “freedom of navigation” to disrupt regional peace and stability.
“We will take the necessary measures to protect our sovereignty and security interests,” Lu warned.
Against this backdrop, US Defense Secretary James Mattis met with his Chinese counterpart, Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, in Singapore on Thursday.
The meeting came after Beijing canceled a high-level military-to-military meeting last month in response to US sanctions placed on Chinese entities for purchasing weapons from Russia.
“Both acknowledged that the meeting itself was significant and that high-level communication can help,” Randal Schriver, a US assistant secretary of defense, was quoted by Reuters as saying. “So I think it was productive in that regard.”
“Two nuclear-armed powers with regional, if not global, interests – we need to make sure that when we step on one another’s toes, it doesn’t escalate into something that would be catastrophic,” Schriver said.
Kevin-Maricko McCoy you’re missing how the 11-dash line was filed with the U.N. by the Republic of China government in 1946 and that the U.S. recognized it as sovereign Chinese territory, even going so far as to ask the KMT government for permission when they would send their military ships into the South China Sea. The U.S. doesn’t have a principled position in the South China Sea as they have no problems with Vietnam’s claims (which are almost as large as China’s), nor do they have problems with the fact that Vietnam has militarily occupied 30+ islands and reefs in the SCS; far more than China’s 7 disputed islands. The U.S.’s problem is that their explicit "China containment strategy" which Obama explicity referenced in a speech was contingent upon their allies encroaching upon and occupying the vast majority of islands and reefs in the SCS.
Jane Du, hey you Chinese Communist dumb ass, rather than attempt to undermine the facts by pointing out the spelling of a keyboard typo why don’t you deal with the substance bobo! Here, I’ll give it to you proper…definition included for free!
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/mussolini
Jane Du, hey you Chinese Communist dumb ass, rather than attempt to undermine the facts by pointing out the spelling of a keyboard typo why don’t you deal with the substance bobo! Here, I’ll give it to you proper…definition included for free!
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/mussolini
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/pacific-expansion
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/pacific-expansion
Kevin-Maricko McCoy no Caucasian would be so ignorant to misspell Mussolini as Mousaline (pronounced as mou-sa-line) suggesting that u don’t even know phonetics. Another Taiwanese troll faking to be Anglo?
Kevin-Maricko McCoy no Caucasian would be so ignorant to misspell Mussolini as Mousaline (pronounced as mou-sa-line) suggesting that u don’t even know phonetics. Another Taiwanese troll faking to be Anglo?
who is the mad dog here Mr. Cohen ?
who is the mad dog here Mr. Cohen ?
Mad dog mattis should have kicked the yellow son of a bitch, between his legs.
Mad dog mattis should have kicked the yellow son of a bitch, between his legs.
Kevin-Maricko McCoy I think WW2 started a bit earlier in 1939 with the USA getting involved a year or two later.
Kevin-Maricko McCoy I think WW2 started a bit earlier in 1939 with the USA getting involved a year or two later.
Or a B52 for that matter.
Or a B52 for that matter.
FYI, one of China’s H bomb is equivalent to 10+ nuclear bombs.
FYI, one of China’s H bomb is equivalent to 10+ nuclear bombs.
Get a grip! The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) has been in these waters since 1942 at the beginning of WW2! Only since China has claimed the South China Sea as its own has the American military started asserting Freedom of navigation. (FON) China is acting as the bully doing a massive land grab intimidating smaller Asian nations who also claim these waters. Hitler, Mousaline and Japan tried the exact same thing and the World knows what happened and how it ended. China would be wise to learn from history!
Get a grip! The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) has been in these waters since 1942 at the beginning of WW2! Only since China has claimed the South China Sea as its own has the American military started asserting Freedom of navigation. (FON) China is acting as the bully doing a massive land grab intimidating smaller Asian nations who also claim these waters. Hitler, Mousaline and Japan tried the exact same thing and the World knows what happened and how it ended. China would be wise to learn from history!
Since when does a B25 "storm" anything? I suppose it could be said that the Chinese have stormed a few Islands and made a few more?