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“Unacceptable”: China Blasts Mattis For “Irresponsible Comments” About South China Sea Islands<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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A Chinese general on Saturday defended Beijing\u2019s\u00a0military build-up in the South China Sea, blasting the “irresponsible comments<\/strong>” made by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, who on Saturday accused\u00a0 <\/a>Beijing of threatening its neighbors in the heavily disputed waters and warned China of “consequences” if it continues weaponizing the South China Sea.<\/p>\n

“Any irresponsible comments from other countries cannot be accepted,” <\/strong>Lieutenant General He Lei told\u00a0 reporters at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, a civilian and military defense summit in Singapore, after Mattis warned that “<\/a>there are consequences that will continue to come home to roost if China does not find a way to work more collaboratively with nations that have interests in the disputed region.” He then clarified that “as long as it is on your own territory you can deploy the army and you can deploy weapons”, indicating that to China the “contested” islands are anything but.<\/p>\n

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Lieutenant General He Lei speaking to reporters on Saturday at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue. (Source: CCTV+)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We see any other country that tries to make noise about this as interfering in our internal affairs,” General He said, referring to the Pentagon chief’s comments.<\/p>\n

Beijing\u2019s recent deployment of anti-ship cruise missiles, radar-jamming equipment, and strategic bombers to the disputed islands have dramatically increased geopolitical tensions around the region. In an attempt to counter rising territorial tensions, the Chinese general said Beijing\u2019s\u00a0militarization of the islands were for “national defense” purposes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are for the purpose of avoiding being invaded by others \u2026 As long as it is on your own territory you can deploy the army and you can deploy weapons,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For years Washington has agitated Beijing by claiming \u201cfreedom of navigation”, sailing its military vessels and flying its warplanes around the heavily disputed islands in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n

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“Unacceptable”: China Blasts Mattis For “Irresponsible Comments” About South China Sea Islands A Chinese general on Saturday defended Beijing\u2019s\u00a0military build-up in the South China Sea, blasting the “irresponsible comments” made by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, who on Saturday accused\u00a0 Beijing of threatening its neighbors in the heavily disputed waters and warned China of “consequences” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[130,20315,14836,1439,827,4318],"class_list":["post-34705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-china","tag-general-he-lei","tag-james-mattis","tag-south-china-sea","tag-united-states","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34706,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34705\/revisions\/34706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}