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Well it seems clear to me that you have an anti China bias and your accusation that they are trying to shut out the US is unfounded. You're treating this as though it's cut and dry and China is the aggressor and you seem to be unaware of several facts. There are six nations that have overlapping claims to the spratly islands, that's right, CLAIMS!!!!! Nobody can produce a title, yet all of them, with the exception of Brunei, have built runways, barracks, communication centers, hello pads or some other form of military infrastructures on them, some of them have even had troops stationed on some of them for extended periods. That's right, without any clear title, these activities have taken place. Your treating this as a cut and dry situation and painting China as the bad guy. There's others here spouting all this tough talk, and stupidly accusing Obama of being weak because, who knows, he hasn't attacked China over it or whatever they think he should be doing.
Here's Malaysia's situation........
Malaysia has claimed sovereignty over twelve islands in the Spratly group, but those claims appear ill-founded. Serious doubt remains about the legal propriety of Malaysia’s assertions, which arises from Malaysia’s basing its claims to certain islands on ocean law principles associated with prolongation of a continental shelf seaward, rather than the accepted legal means of validating claim to title over territory through permanent occupation.
http://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/research-pdfs/cbmapspratly.pdf
And there's this...........
Eight states claim title to these South China Sea islands. Singapore and Malaysia dispute claims over Pisang Island and Pulau Batu Puteh, strategically situated in the congested waters of Malacca and Singapore Straits.7 China, Taiwan, and Vietnam contest each other’s claims to sovereignty over the Paracel Islands, a group of fifteen islets and several reefs and shoals scattered over a 200-kilometer area in the middle of the Gulf of Tonkin.8 Taiwan also contests China's claims to Pratas Island and the Macclesfield Bank. As for the Spratlys, six states assert claims: China, Taiwan and Vietnam claim the entire archipelago, while the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei claim sovereignty over portions of the Spratlys. Except for Brunei, all the others have established a military presence in the Spratlys.
http://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/research-pdfs/cbmapspratly.pdf
I hope you can see what a complicated mess this is, and that it's not the "China is the bad guy" abusing everyone else as so many insist on presenting it.
Never said it was not complicated. Never stated Obama should go to war or attack. The US will fly and sail thru international waters.
China originally agreed to multiparty negotiations. Then backed off and insisted on one on one.
Also China agreed to code of conduct. Then wanted that changed as well. Can they be trusted?
Places the smaller countries at a distinct disadvantage, and is the old divide and conquer.
All agreed not to expand areas or perform more reclamation. Both China and I believe Malaysia broke this agreement.
No anti bias here on China. The present leadership has become more confrontational than his predecessors.
China has limited time to make and assert control to this area.
Other countries are rising economically faster than China and with a younger population.
An old saying, Chian will be Grey before they are rich.
Oook to Indonesia, India as growth jumps to higher levels.