She’s stoking tensions while losing allies in The South China Sea

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She’s stoking tensions while losing allies in The South China Sea

This shows you that it is America and her imperial belligerence which stands at the core of the issues in the South China Sea and not China. It is America who is being exposed as the war monger ands tension stoker in an area of nations that really doesn’t want her presence there.

Think over these matters. It these nations truly felt threatened by China and if they truly felt that China was being aggressive, they would quickly sign on to American policy and plans in that area.

Instead they are being bribed and threatened into an alliance with America. Now even that is no longer enough to make these nations turn to America for help and assistance because they realize that America’s underlining goal is not protection, but occupation and domination.

Thanks, But No Thanks: US Ally Won’t Join US in South China Sea Incursion
The Royal Australian Navy will not join any US-led patrols to confront China over disputed islands in the South China Sea.

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop and Defense Minister Marise Payne met with US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter Tuesday in Boston for talks about maintaining peace and stability in the oceans around China.

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still file image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy

While the Australians pledged enhanced naval co-operation with the United States, they stopped short of committing to take part in any American ventures into territory China claims as its own.

Washington has dismissed China’s territorial claims, saying the US Navy will continue to operate wherever international law allows.

Last week, Payne said Australia will oppose “intimidation” and “aggression” in the South China Sea.

The Chinese embassy in Australia hit back on Wednesday, saying Payne’s comments on the South China Sea were “neither responsible or constructive.”

“We urge the relevant sides to stop applying [a] double standard. It would be more helpful if they would honour their commitment of not taking sides on relevant disputes and do more to promote regional peace and security … rather than light a fire and add fuel to the flames,” the embassy spokesman said.

The United States reportedly is anticipated to send ships soon to waters inside the 12-nautical-mile zones that China claims as territory around islands it has built in the Spratly chain.

Payne and Carter signed a joint statement on defense cooperation, which included enhancing the interoperability of their military forces, intelligence cooperation and building cooperation with regional partners, the Australian Financial Review reports.
Beijing Slams Washington’s Plans for Navel ‘Incursion’ Into South China Sea
Canberra supports Washington’s “freedom of navigation” exercise to challenge China, but the naval cooperation announced on Tuesday does not extend to Australian ships or naval bases being used to launch such a mission, AFR reports.

Instead, the naval agreement largely reiterates plans to ramp up joint training and exercises, with precise details absent at time of the announcement and subject to further discussions between officials.

China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea overlap with the claims of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/asia/20151014/1028537384/us-australia-south-china-sea.html#ixzz3oZn6BdAB

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She’s stoking tensions while losing allies in The South China Sea