Wednesday, August 12, 2015

The scenario in the South and East China sea is very convoluted and contradictory.  China along with the whole world admits that this is a disputed territory, but former's assertion that it  does not and will not allow any foreign ship or aircraft to violate the sea lane and airspace.  What is confusing to this writer is that if if it is a disputed territory, it means that China does not own it.  So, how can it claims its ownership on the international water and what authority it has to dictate its own terms to the international navigational and aviation equipment.  Recently UK and the USA along with other countries in the South China Sea have refused to accept China's claim on these waters, but no country has the guts to demolish the structure China has constructed in that body of international water.  I wonder what scares each of these countries.  Are they afraid that any military action to demolish this structure might start WWIII or are they scared of adverse economic outcome?  Whatever the reason may be, simple diplomatic statement against this structure is not going to stop Chinese hegemonic attitude to grab any territory they can.  What is needed is a strong military action against this construction project to enable peaceful and easy navigation in that part of the ocean.

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