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China’s premier has warned against outside interference in the South China Sea in an apparent challenge to the United States.

Wen Jiabao told a meeting of Southeast Asian nations on Friday that “external forces should not use any excuse to interfere” in territorial disputes in the sea.

The South China Sea has some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes and is believed to hold huge oil and gas reserves. China claims all of it, while several Southeast Asian nations claim parts.

Your comments:

The Dragon has been rewriting a history of convenience to demonstrate that China was once a vast empire stretching from the South China Sea to “the gates of Vienna”. In the revised history it was China that conquered Mongolia and the whole of Asia rather than the more embarrassing truth that it was the Mongolians who conquered Asia and then northern China. The Chinese even have a Chinese name for Kublai Khan to make it clear that he was Chinese.

In the South China Sea, China says the area has “always” been part of China because they had a name for it. And they have produced supposedly ancient maps that they construe as being maps of China.

The South China Sea will be a test as to whether China will be a responsible global citizen and negotiate along established principles for a fair division of the region — and its oil. I would not be too optimistic on that count as they are already showing signs of being on the path of the bully and have already indoctrinated their population into the “truth” of their claims. Many analysts are already predicting that China will take a belligerent approach and risk a major war erupting in the region.

China is already rapidly expanding its naval force and with its many submarines will be able to enforce their claim. A series of boat collisions and such early warnings have already involved the Philippines and Vietnam.

For those of us who hope and pray for peace in the region, we need to be taking a firm diplomatic line and calling for international arbitration rather than acquiesce to the biggest bully on the block. All a question of whether China wants to be a good global citizen or simply take what it wants.

Nairdah

Based on the 250-mile limit, or for that matter the continental shelf, Communist China has claim to a very small portion of the South China Sea. But certainly no claim to any area even close to the Spratleys. This is just one of the many reasons why this imperialist government cannot and should not be trusted economically or politically.

Brien D

Sooner or later, the imperialists will start a war with China. The reality is, however, that the economy of the Western countries is on the verge of collapse. See the plight of the people in Spain, Portugal or Italy; the official unemployment rate is 22 percent. Most people are frustrated; they see no future. But such news is not frequently published in the Jewish-controlled press.

Xiao
Macau

And that’s why Europe should not hope for help from China for their financial rescue plan. What will they demand in return?

Maybe it’s better for Europe to do more business with India and Indonesia so they will become more powerful too. And it’s about time the Indonesian industry gets a boost by minimizing the export of raw material!

JR

Here we go again — the Chinese getting all angry about the South China Sea. I think China getting angry like this is like a parent getting angry and telling people to butt out when they try and stop parents belting their children.

They have no idea how to behave in an international arena. Maybe if they were not so aggressive and oppressive to their own people then the rest of the world wouldn’t tell them off!

Fatima