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Singapore institute of southeast Asia senior visiting scholar Michael Richardson today in the straits times KanWen points out, China's navy last month, just to the south end its three weeks of long-range exercise, including China's most modern warships. These messages showed China's increasingly confident and expansion of offshore force, may control 80% of the south China sea. The article says, for the Chinese to Qingdao base north sea fleet in the last month of exercise, into Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia have claim to have all or part of the sovereignty of the nansha islands, and stayed in the hands off from Vietnam, is now warning radar station near the spratly islands of China water board reef. At the same time, Chinese fighter also from different airport,New Era Hats test them in the south China sea secret action, the night flight, aerial refueling, radar interference and bombing simulation capabilities. Chinese fishery law enforcement agencies last week confirmed, due to China's fishing boats in the south China sea was repeatedly Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia harassment, and even confiscate the ships, has set up a file in the south China sea on regular patrols, in order to safeguard China's fishing boats in the spratly islands and around the safety of the sea. South China sea fishing bureau deputy director liu add glory said the action aimed at this area of the special security threats to provide protection. The article quoted a Chinese official newspaper commentaries pointed out that, in China to shoulder more responsibility of east Asia, in international waters will hold more frequent exercise, especially in the United States to strengthen defense force of the western Pacific. The newspaper said, the transformation of the Chinese navy for east Asia and the west Pacific will bring strategic pattern change, critics say, this action is positive, the transformation of China does not want to challenge in the Pacific, or in the Japanese waters adjacent military conflict, but China will protect yourself at any cost the core benefit. The straits times quoted article and the New York times reports,NFL hats refers to tell 2, 3 months China visiting senior us officials, Beijing will not tolerate any interference in the south China sea behavior, because this is a part of China, also is the core of the sovereignty of the interest. U.S. officials said, this is the first time China south China sea into the position of not less than Tibet and Taiwan core national interest in. The article argues that, this means that China will do the use of force or threat to use force, to protect land and sea's sovereignty. The article says, the association of southeast Asian nations on the south China sea react to ambiguities still exist, let China has more confidence. The article stressed that if the south China sea issue of asean no unified strategy, the interests of the union is the United States, Japan and India, it would be very difficult to compete with China in the south China sea.




