Here the friends here are talking about China as a bully, but all agree to beat up China, haha, sounds like mafias are ganging up to bully some body. All the times I am here never see any Chinese member started a farce about wars against India or any other countries.
The south China sea has nothing to do with India, but India now has a "looking east policy", haha, same in 1962 India had a "forward policy" against China, if any problem, that's India's initiative
As the border dispute on land or on the sea, all results from the colonization by the Europeans, all the ASEA countries were colonies, at that old time, China have border agreements with the colonies' masters, now the master gone, but new countries inherited the old colonies also inherited the agreements with China about the south China sea. The south China sea have been quiet for a very long time. Now the oil found under the sea, India want a slice of the pie, so disputes rise again. Since the founding of new PRC, all the war fought by China were defensive, China fought in Korea and in Vietnam against USA for defending the Socialist block, fought India against the "forwarding policy", also fought Soviet on the border in defense. China fought Vietnam in 1979 because of Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia and fought on the border against Thailand, haha, you can see, China never bullied any body, but upheld the justice.
In Ming dynasty 500years ago, China's fleets sailed many times to SEA islands, but not bully any one, the fleet cost the Ming too much silvers, then the emperor stopped the sailing. But the westerns found the islands and took them as their own and make a fortune of it, that is the difference, you can see China never a bully .
Now China have a good relationship with ASE countries, there are always disputes between countries, we should looking at the grand picture.
But as for the Vietnamese friend here talking about a war to split China, your government will not agree with you, haha, Inside Vietnam, the south and north disputes on many things, the USA also like a color revolution to happen, you forget Vietnam a socialite country? If not because of China,haha, It time to worry about yourself dude.
The India government's attention is always on the ballot, when needed, will make a farce against China to wool the voters, Indian government very weak in action, actually China government always wish India can keep moving, not get troubles, not collapse, you know you have many kinds of people many languages, formed to be one country by the British, many dirt poor people, and so called Maoists are make troubles, if India in big problem, China get problem, our Pak friends may be will have a new idea of the world, our west frontier(you know where it is), and the energy line to the west, haha, China need India very much, but you Indian friends here in the forum only have wet dreams, don't know the situation.
The south China sea is the China's back garden lake, in 10 to 20 years, after China strong enough, the USA can not play the bully against us, China will handle the situation in a happy and easy way. Now China facing the containment: USA use Taiwan, Japan, South Korea to corner China, and India come to stir the water, all looking for troubles, under such situation what are you expecting from China?