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May 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The row over the South China Sea is potentially the biggest flashpoint for
confrontation in Asia, and tensions have risen since the United States
adopted a policy last year to reinforce its influence in the region.
The Philippines is one of Washington’s closest allies in the region. The South
China Sea islands, believed to be rich in oil and other resources, are
claimed wholly or in part by China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam,
Malaysia and Brunei.
The Liberation Army Daily, the chief mouthpiece of China’s military,
criticised the United States’ involvement.
“The United States’ shift in strategic focus to the east and its entry
into the South China Sea issue has provided the Philippines with room for
strategic manoeuvre, and to a certain extent increased the Philippines’
chips to play against us, emboldening them to take a risky course,” it
said.
For China’s ruling Communist Party, which is heading toward an end-of-year
leadership succession, the dispute with Manila can divert attention from
recent energy-sapping scandals over sacked Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai
and blind dissident Chen Guangcheng.
Many Chinese, including military officers, have said popular anger could grow
if Beijing remains too soft in responding to rival claims in the South China
Sea. A hard approach to the dispute could underline a message of patriotic
unity while serving as an antidote to domestic problems.
The Shanghai government-run website, eastday.com, published a photograph on
Thursday that it said showed a reporter from a local TV station planting the
Chinese flag on the main reef of the Huangyan island, the Chinese name of
Scarborough shoal, where the Philippine coast guard and Chinese civilian
ships are engaged in a more than month-long staring match.
Besides Manila, organisers planned protests at China’s embassies and
consulates in the United States, Canada, Australia, Italy and other Asian
capitals. No one showed up to a scheduled protest in Sydney.
Source: Reuters
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