China calls in U.S. diplomat over South China Sea

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China calls in U.S. diplomat over South China Sea

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry has called in a senior U.S. diplomat to protest remarks by the U.S. State Department raising concerns over tensions in the disputed South China Sea, in the latest political spat between the two countries.

In a statement released late on Saturday, China's Foreign Ministry said Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Kunsheng summoned the U.S. Embassy's Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Wang to make "serious representations" about the issue.
The State Department on Friday said it was monitoring the situation in the seas closely, adding that China's establishing of a military garrison for the area runs "counter to collaborative diplomatic efforts to resolve differences and risk further escalating tensions in the region".

The South China Sea has become Asia's biggest potential military flashpoint as Beijing's sovereignty claim over the huge area has set it against Vietnam and the Philippines as the three countries race to tap possibly huge oil reserves.

Beijing and Washington are already at odds over numerous issues, including the value of China's currency, Tibet and Taiwan.
Zhang said the U.S. statement "disregarded the facts, confused right with wrong, sent a seriously wrong signal and did not help with efforts by relevant parties to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea or the Asia Pacific.

"China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition, urges the U.S. side to immediately to mend the error of its ways, earnestly respect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and do more to genuinely benefit stability and prosperity in the Asia Pacific," he added.

A separate statement by ministry spokesman Qin Gang repeated that China had absolute sovereignty over the sea and its myriad islands and had every right to formally set up a city to administer the region, which it did last month.
"Why does the U.S. turn a blind eye to the facts that certain countries opened a number of oil and gas blocks, and issued domestic laws illegally appropriating Chinese islands and waters?" Qin said.

"Why does the U.S. avoid talking about the threats of military vessels to Chinese fishermen by certain countries and their unjustified claims of sovereignty rights over Chinese islands?" he added.

In all, six parties have rival claims to the waters, which were a central issue at an acrimonious ASEAN regional summit last month that ended with its members failing to agree on a concluding statement for the first time in 45 years.
The stakes have risen in the area as the U.S. military shifts its attention and resources back to Asia, emboldening its long-time ally the Philippines and former foe Vietnam to take a bolder stance against Beijing.

The United States has stressed it is neutral in the long-running maritime dispute, despite offering to help boost the Philippines' decrepit military forces. It says freedom of navigation is its main concern about a waterway that carries $5 trillion in trade -- half the world's shipping tonnage.

China calls in U.S. diplomat over South China Sea - Yahoo! News
I wonder why is China so het up with the US when all the US is trying to do is ensure the freedom of navigation and nothing more.

In fact, the US has not interfered in the spat China is having with ALL its neighbours!
 

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China is only competitor of USA no one in the world defeat USA except China.
That will be the day when the Chinaman can do this miracle!
 

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China tells US to 'shut up' over South China sea dispute
06 August 2012



China's state-run media raised its pitch against the US today over tensions in the South China Sea, with the Communist Party's top newspaper telling Washington to "Shut up" and accusing it of "fanning flames" of division in the region.

The foreign ministry of China, over the weekend, condemned a US State Department statement that said the territorial disputes in the South China Sea were being closely monitored by Washington. The state department went to say that China's establishment of a military garrison for the area risked "further escalating tensions in the region".

Analysts say the complex pattern of territorial claims in the South China Sea had become Asia's worst potential military flashpoint.

According to Beijing, its disputes with Vietnam, the Philippines and other southeast Asian claimants needed to be settled one-on-one, and US backing for a multilateral approach to solving the overlapping claims were not acceptable.

"We are entirely entitled to shout at the United States, 'Shut up'. How can meddling by other countries be tolerated in matters that are within the scope of Chinese sovereignty?," according to a commentary in the People's Daily, an offshoot of the ruling Chinese Communist Party's top newspaper.

The main, domestic edition of the newspaper taking a similar tough stand, accused Washington of trying to stoke divisions between China and its Asian neighbours.

"Fanning the flames and provoking division, deliberately creating antagonism with China, is not a new game," said a commentary in the People's Daily's domestic edition. "But, of late, Washington has been itching to use this trick."

Analysts point out that the tone of the observations points to the potential for tensions over the issues festering into a wider diplomatic quarrel, even outright military confrontation remained high.

According to the People's Daily, China's "core interests" were at stake in its territorial claims across the South China Sea.

China's foreign ministry said it summoned the deputy chief of mission of the US embassy in Beijing, Robert Wang, and had made "serious representations" about the issue.

The Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang lashing out at the US said China had absolute sovereignty over much of the sea and its myriad islands, and had every right to set up a city for the region, which it did last month.

China, last month, announced the establishment of a new garrison and city built on several disputed islands in the South China Sea, which have also been claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. The disputed islands are said to have rich oil and gas deposits.

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its a remote possibility.. reverse engineering is not equivalent to technical advancement.
its 1st step. back in 50-60 japanese did the same thing, same with korean. you got learn how things work before create something new. ask any engineer see if any of them dissemble some electronic when they were young, take it apart put it back
 

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