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They know they can't fight the combined military and rising economies in the region.Now Uncle Sam also entered the fray.Trying the impossible !
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So it's back to square one? The whole issue is about China's nine-dash line which covers almost the entire South China Sea even infringing on the EEZs of the littoral countries that are up in arms at this transgression by China.
China was the first country in the world to discover and claim Huanyan Island (aka Scarborough Shoal) and the other South China Sea islands during the Qin and Han Dynasties, which was two thousand years ago.So it's back to square one? The whole issue is about China's nine-dash line which covers almost the entire South China Sea even infringing on the EEZs of the littoral countries that are up in arms at this transgression by China.
This so called 'unconditional' offer means that China gets to keep the nine-dash line intact in perpetuity, which amounts to total disregard of the UNCLOS Treaty.