US criticises new China garrison in South China Sea

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US criticises new China garrison in South China Sea
Posted: 04 August 2012

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday criticised China's establishment of a new military garrison in the South China Sea as it called on all sides to lower tensions in the hotly contested waters.

China announced last week that it was establishing the tiny city of Sansha and a garrison on an island in the disputed Paracel chain, infuriating Vietnam and the Philippines, which have accused Beijing of intimidation.

"We are concerned by the increase in tensions in the South China Sea and are monitoring the situation closely," US State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said in a statement.

"In particular, China's upgrading of the administrative level of Sansha city and establishment of a new military garrison there covering disputed areas of the South China Sea run counter to collaborative diplomatic efforts to resolve differences and risk further escalating tensions in the region," he said.

Ventrell also pointed to "confrontational rhetoric" and incidents at sea, saying: "The United States urges all parties to take steps to lower tensions."

China says it controls much of the South China Sea, but Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam all claim portions. Vietnam and the Philippines have accused China of stepping up harassment at sea.

The United States has rallied behind Southeast Asian nations, expanding military ties with the Philippines and Vietnam, as Washington looks to expand its influence in a region where China is increasingly assertive.

During a 2010 visit to Vietnam, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared that the United States had a national interest in freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, through which half of world cargo passes.

Ventrell reiterated that the United States has an interest in stability and "unimpeded lawful commerce" in the South China Sea but that Washington does not take a position on rival claims.

China also has separate disputes with US ally Japan in the East China Sea. Japanese Defence Minister Satoshi Morimoto held talks in Washington on Friday.

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, addressing a joint news conference with Morimoto, praised the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for working on a code of conduct for the South China Sea and called for further progress.

"The last thing we want is to have direct confrontation in the South China Sea with regards to jurisdictional issues," Panetta said.

"Those should be resolved peacefully, and they should be resolved pursuant to a code of conduct. And the United States will do whatever we can to work with Japan and others to ensure that that is the approach we take," he said.

Deep disputes last month prevented Southeast Asian nations from issuing a customary annual joint communique at talks in Cambodia, holding up progress on reaching a code of conduct with China.

The code of conduct would aim to set rules to reduce the chances of a spat over fishing, shipping rights or oil and gas exploration tipping into an armed conflict.

- AFP/fa

US criticises new China garrison in South China Sea - Channel NewsAsia

 

[SinoChallenger]

Yawn...... but USA is too scared of China's military power to directly confront us in South China Sea. Talk is cheap. And China as a superpower has thick skin to deal with criticism.

Like in 1979, Vietnam is all alone getting a spanking from China for its Dai Viet delusions

 

[Obambam]

There sure is a lot of news about America churning out of the Vietnamese camp. I guess hearing about Americans is better than non

 

[Battle of Bach Dang River]

Yawn...... but USA is too scared of China's military power to directly confront us in South China Sea. Talk is cheap. And China as a superpower has thick skin to deal with criticism.

Like in 1979, Vietnam is all alone getting a spanking from China for its Dai Viet delusions

Then Chinese Ministry Warn will sent a warn?

Not alone the Vietnamese army, it was only the girls of Vietnamese militia, they strong enough to deal with the invaders ...
At the time, Vietnam's regular army was pursuing Khmer Rouge in Cambodia ...

 

[dunhill]

Yawn...... but USA is too scared of China's military power to directly confront us in South China Sea. Talk is cheap. And China as a superpower has thick skin to deal with criticism.

Like in 1979, Vietnam is all alone getting a spanking from China for its Dai Viet delusions

It must be nice to have this photo for every topics. I would love it !!!

Ah, by the way... .this time PLA will deal direct from soldier to soldier not militia like 1979. Will be more fun for PLA right?

 

[Mercenary]

China and Vietnam are ancient enemies ever since Vietnam expelled the Chinese in 9th Century AD.

They only joined forces in 1940's to fight the Japanese, then the French and then the Americans.

Ever since then, China and Vietnam have been adversaries.

With the growing power of China, it will mean that Vietnam will rely more and more on USA for Weaponry as a deterrent.

 

[Battle of Bach Dang River]

China and Vietnam are ancient enemies ever since Vietnam expelled the Chinese in 9th Century AD.

They only joined forces in 1940's to fight the Japanese, then the French and then the Americans.

Ever since then, China and Vietnam have been adversaries.

With the growing power of China, it will mean that Vietnam will rely more and more on USA for Weaponry as a deterrent.

The two countries have completed the demarcation of the entire land border and Gulf of Tonkin. Right now only dispute on sea.
If the dispute on sea is resolved peacefully, there is no reason for war between the two countries...

 

[Đảo Bạch Long Vỹ]

Yawn...... but USA is too scared of China's military power to directly confront us in South China Sea. Talk is cheap. And China as a superpower has thick skin to deal with criticism.

Like in 1979, Vietnam is all alone getting a spanking from China for its Dai Viet delusions

We were alone in 1979, but our militia women can still beat you And that's all we want
It's too complicated, do you want to scare people with that image?

 

[SinoChallenger]

The two countries have completed the demarcation of the entire land border and Gulf of Tonkin. Right now only dispute on sea.
If the dispute on sea is resolved peacefully, there is no reason for war between the two countries...

We don't recognize this so-called land border demarcation you refer to

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new light tank

 

[Đảo Bạch Long Vỹ]

We don't recognize this so-called land border demarcation you refer to

"We" stand for who? You? So you had batter revolt and change your current regime, because the current regime had signed to that "land border demarcation"

 

[SinoChallenger]

"We" stand for who? You? So you had batter revolt and change your current regime, because the current regime had signed to that "land border demarcation"

It's just a piece of paper. Just like the one you signed with the Soviet Union in 1979 when they promised to defend you if China attacked

For hundreds of years, it's always the same story: little Viets delude themselves to think they are really great Dai Viet and China spanks them to put them in their place. Sometimes it's Ming artillery, sometimes it's Qing horseman, this time it's PRC armored thrusts!

 

[dunhill]

It's just a piece of paper. Just like the one you signed with the Soviet Union in 1979 when they promised to defend you if China attacked

For hundreds of years, it's always the same story: little Viets delude themselves to think they are really great Dai Viet and China spanks them to put them in their place. Sometimes it's Ming artillery, sometimes it's Qing horseman, this time it's PRC armored thrusts!

You got that right, somebody delute itself just like someone always bring PLA from thread to tread. Its must be shame isn't it?

This time, and yes this time PRC will deals with real soldier instead of militia with the most lack of training and weapons supplies. The winner takes all. Right?

What my understand, International refugees camps due to the crisis of economic are closed PRC needs to find new resources to built for its new refugee camp indeed. Surely, Viet Nam will not open its arms to carries Chinese people again.

 

[Đảo Bạch Long Vỹ]

It's just a piece of paper. Just like the one you signed with the Soviet Union in 1979 when they promised to defend you if China attacked

For hundreds of years, it's always the same story: little Viets delude themselves to think they are really great Dai Viet and China spanks them to put them in their place. Sometimes it's Ming artillery, sometimes it's Qing horseman, this time it's PRC armored thrusts!

Soviet Union do send weapons, ammunition ... to help us. They do send their planes to Vietnam too.
BTW, Qing horsemen had just been wiped out by our advanced muskets and cannons PRC armored thrusts will be the same: wiped out by our advanced jets and missiles.

 

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We don't recognize this so-called land border demarcation you refer to

Wow, but If they to invade Vietnam:

 

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China and America’s Dueling South China Sea Statements
By Zachary Keck August 7, 2012

The ever-exciting South China Sea took on a new twist this weekend with the U.S. and China trading strongly worded statements.

The dispute was prompted by a U.S. statement on Friday, which was credited to acting Deputy State Department Spokesman, Patrick Ventrell.

The statement began by reaffirming that the U.S. has a “national interest in the maintenance of peace and stability, respect for international law, freedom of navigation, and unimpeded lawful commerce in the South China Sea,” something Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared at the ASEAN Regional Forum two years ago. It then expressed concern at what it claimed was “an uptick in confrontational rhetoric, disagreements over resource exploitation, coercive economic actions, and the incidents around the Scarborough Reef, including the use of barriers to deny access.” Controversially, the next sentence singled out China, “in particular,” and even more specifically Beijing’s recent establishment of the “Sansha City” administrative body and corresponding military garrison.

China responded with a harshly worded statement by a spokesperson in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The MFA statement said that Washington’s “so-called press statement” showed a “total disregard of facts, confused right and wrong,” and was not conducive to regional peace. It also reaffirmed that Beijing has “indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands and adjacent waters” and argued that creating Sansha City was well within its sovereign rights.

China and America’s Dueling South China Sea Statements | China Power