World cannot ignore Chinese aggression in South China Sea

[rangerrebew]

World cannot ignore Chinese aggression in South China Sea

Beijing has been pressuring neighbors and building up fleet strength
James Stavridis
May 30, 2020 08:00 JST
 

Admiral James Stavridis was 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and 12th Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He spent the bulk of his operational career in the Pacific, including multiple command assignments.

For the past two decades, China's strategy in the South China Sea has been reminiscent of ancient general and strategist Sun Tzu, who said: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." In this turbulent time, that patience is beginning to change as China, emboldened by the U.S.'s abdication of leadership and by a distracted world, gains in aggression.

Most recently, China has been using its naval forces to pressure the littoral nations, especially Vietnam and the Philippines. A month ago, China sank a Vietnamese fishing vessel, a maneuver that was roundly condemned by the international community.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/World-cannot-ignore-Chinese-aggression-in-South-China-Sea

[Fishrrman]

I don't think "the world" is "ignoring" it.

But the world really can't do anything about it...
(not without risking a major war, that is)

[DB]

I don't think "the world" is "ignoring" it.

But the world really can't do anything about it...
(not without risking a major war, that is)

You either stand your ground or you don't.

China is a bad actor and needs to be contained. It will have to be at some point.

[Absalom]

Hmm.............Chinese aggression, CHINESE AGGRESSION???
Does anyone read and reflect, or simply run off at the mouth like this journo???
Repeating, China engaged Britain, France, India, Japan and Russia in war during
the 19th century, getting their ass handed to them each and every time.
Japan repeated this in the 20th century.
From the Xia Dynasty to the present spans some 4000 years and the only one
China has been a threat to, are their own people! Got it!!!!!!!!!