China Is Making It's Territorial Demands Very Clear On Neighboring States

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China Gets Its Catch, Hook, Line And Sinker -- Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald

If there had been any doubt about China's determination to aggressively pursue its claims to huge swaths of contested territory in the resource-rich seas of the Asia-Pacific, there's no doubt now.

Beijing is barrelling ahead with new force. In the past few days it has made new deployments of ships, but its greatest success has been in the diplomatic conference halls of the region.

The deployments are deliberately provocative. Beijing angered the Philippines by sending 30 fishing vessels to contested waters in the South China Sea last week just as a major regional meeting of foreign ministers was about to discuss the dispute.

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My Comment: I concur with this analysis. The Chinese have definitely made their intentions clear .... all territories that are in dispute belong to China .... and they are prepared to exercise their naval superiority to make that point very clear.