{"id":8393,"date":"2015-05-23T08:33:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T13:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=8393"},"modified":"2015-05-23T08:33:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T13:33:30","slug":"strongly-dissatisfied-china-warns-us-accident-is-highly-likely-in-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=8393","title":{"rendered":"“Strongly Dissatisfied” China Warns US “Accident” Is “Highly Likely” In South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Strongly Dissatisfied” China Warns US “Accident” Is “Highly Likely” In South China Sea<\/a><\/h3>\n

Things are escalating rapidly in the South China Sea where Beijing has figured out an innovative solution to the notion of \u201cdisputed waters.\u201d<\/p>\n

As regular readers are by now acutely aware, China appears to have adopted the maritime boundary equivalent of the old \u201cpossession is nine tenths of the law\u201d axiom because Chinese dredgers have been busy for some time now creating islands out of reefs in the Spratly archipelago. Once the islands are complete, China promptly colonizes them. Next comes the construction of cement plants, ports, and 10,000 ft airstrips.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, Washington isn\u2019t fond of China\u2019s \u201csandcastles\u201d and everyone from President Obama to the Pentagon is now shouting from the rooftops about territorial sovereignty and Chinese \u201cbullying.\u201d<\/p>\n

The US took it up a notch this week when it flew a spy plane over Fiery Cross Reef, presumably just to see what would happen. A CNN camera crew went along for the ride. What Washington\u00a0discovered<\/a>\u00a0is that when it comes to protecting its new islands, bashful China is not. \u00a0\u201cThis is the Chinese Navy\u2026 YOU GO!\u201d was the message that came over the radio.<\/p>\n

The rhetoric and sabre rattling haven\u2019t let up a bit since then and in fact, there\u2019s been a steady stream of quotables from both sides over the past 48 hours. Here\u2019s the latest.<\/p>\n

Via\u00a0Reuters<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The United States vowed on Thursday to keep up air and sea patrols in international waters after the Chinese navy repeatedly warned a U.S. surveillance plane to leave the airspace over artificial islands China is creating in the disputed South China Sea\u2026<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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