China Lashes Out At "Washington-led Conspiracy" After Hague Decision "Farce"

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China Lashes Out At "Washington-led Conspiracy" After Hague Decision "Farce"

July 12th, 2016

Awake Goy

First, colluding with its allies to rubbish China.

Regarding the South China Sea arbitration, U.S. government officials and media have expressed many negative opinions of China, so as to portray Beijing as a “violator” of international order. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter used to say in public that China’s activity in the South China Sea could lead to a “great wall of self-isolation.” Japan, as an ally of Washington, was also active and enthusiastic in helping the U.S. to suppress China.

Second, showing off military force and putting pressure on China.

The U.S. has been stepping up military actions in the South China Sea recently. Particularly, in the middle of June, two U.S. aircraft carriers, the USS John C. Stennis and USS Ronald Reagan, launched joint operations in the South China Sea, staging a show of force aimed at China.

In the meantime, Japan also launched joint military exercises with the Philippines and conducted arms sales with the latter, which is meant to put pressure on China. On July 8, Washington and Seoul jointly announced the deployment of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) systems in South Korea, and the ulterior motive behind it was obvious enough.

Third, playing China and ASEAN countries off each other.

Chu Yin, a research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization said that “the U.S. escalates the tensions in the South China Sea with an essential purpose of containing China.” For the U.S., sabotaging the relations between China and ASEAN countries is an effective way to hinder China’s development, apart from being a best solution with low cost and high efficiency to increase Southeast Asian countries’ dependence on it.

Fourth, manipulating the international arbitration tribunal and complicating the South China Sea issues into a “dead knot.”

Once the arbitration tribunal makes a verdict against China, it will amount to fulfilling the U.S. purpose, putting an end to the tranquility in the South China Sea. In that case, the prospects for China-Philippine disputes to get resolved peacefully will be reduced.