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Chinese tabloid says U.S. needs to 'wage war' to block off South China Sea islands

 

China's Liaoning aircraft carrier with accompanying fleet conducts a drill in an area of South China Sea, in this undated photo taken December, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Blocking Chinese access to islands in the South China Sea would require the U.S. to "wage war", an influential Chinese state-run tabloid said on Friday, after U.S. Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson suggested the strategy on Wednesday.

 

Tillerson told his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he wanted to send a signal to China that their access to islands in the disputed South China Sea "is not going to be allowed". He did not elaborate.

 

The United States would have to "wage a large-scale war" in the South China sea to prevent Chinese access to the islands, the Global Times said in an English language editorial.

 

The paper, which is known for writing strongly-worded, hawkish and nationalist editorials, is published by the ruling Communist Party's flagship paper. It does not reflect Chinese policy.

 

"Tillerson had better bone up on nuclear power strategies if he wants to force a big nuclear power to withdraw from its own territories," the paper added.

 

The editorial also said that Tillerson, an Exxon Mobil Corp chairman and former chief executive, was the most likely of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks to be vetoed by congress.

 

"It is suspected that he merely wanted to curry favour from senators and increase his chances of being confirmed by intentionally showing a tough stance toward China," it said.

 

The paper did not elaborate on either point.

 

A similar article was also carried in the paper's Chinese language website that receives thousands of hits every day.

 

There are also legal questions of any U.S. attempt to block China's access, the editorial said, asking if this might mean that Vietnam and Philippines also should be denied entry.

 

China claims most of the energy-rich South China Sea through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. Neighbours Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims.

 

The United States has previously called on China to respect the findings of the arbitration court in The Hague earlier this year which ruled in favour of the Philippines, rejecting China's territorial claims in the strategic waterway.

 

Democratic President Barack Obama’s administration conducted periodic air and naval patrols to assert the right of free navigation in the South China Sea. These have angered Beijing, but seeking to blockade China's man-made islands would be a major step further and a step that Washington has never raised as an option.

 

(Reporting by Christian Shepherd; Editing by Michael Perry)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-1-13

[craigt3365]

And they call the US warmongers. LOL

[rabas]

Behind closed doors, the Chinese are laughing at the silly US for letting them militarily take over the entire South China Sea and control  5 trillion dollars of world commerce without a shot being fired. Not to mention trillions in energy reserves and a major food source for the whole region. A massive strategic fail.

 

When they started years ago, the US should have stalked every Chinese movement in the area and stopped even a pea shooter from entering.  Now it is a huge mess.  Their carrier is now running around and that would have to be removed first, triggering a war.

 

The Chinese understood all this and planned carefully.

Obama, not so much.

[Retiredandhappyhere]

The US may NOT attempt to block the Chinese access to the new islands in the South China Sea, BUT they will certainly not allow China to block international air or sea  traffic through there. Any attempt by China to do so would have dire consequences. mainly for China, who in view of International opinion and the court ruling would eventually be obliged to back off.  It would not just be China against the US but eventuaally China against the world.  The effect on China's trade with the US would be quite devastating for China without any military conflict.

[ddavidovsky]

There won't be war, but there's going to be a lot of unpleasant brinkmanship, and lot of sulk and bluster from both sides.The US have simply left it too late to do anything. China has effectively annexed the South China Sea already, and the rest of the world isn't going to fight over a bunch of atolls when they didn't even lift a finger to liberate Tibet.

 

There will now be several centuries of uneasy status quo, as with every other disputed territory that mankind will never be mature enough to stop squabbling over.

[elgordo38]

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Blocking Chinese access to islands in the South China Sea would require the U.S. to "wage war", an influential Chinese state-run tabloid said on Friday, after U.S. Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson suggested the strategy on Wednesday.

Yes Cindi L sing that song again "True Colors" Again China is stressing that its their way or the highway take your choice. They quote international law only when it suits their devious purposes. 

Edited January 14, 2017 by elgordo38

[Grubster]

I could see how a Chinese Tabloid could think that China could go to war with the US with anything but disastrous results but I think their government and military know better.

[dunroaming]

It's all bluster and hot air at the moment.