Jim D. Dean -- Interview – China claims US warship violated Chinese law

Interview– China claims US warship violated Chinese law

By Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor on February 2, 2016

Hoses are better than bullets

by Jim W. Dean,  VT Editor  … with Press TV,  Tehran

– Published on Jan 30, 2016 –

China heading toward a collision with everyone

 [ Note: This foolishness continues to go on where China’s claims to the entire South China Sea has zero international validity as most of the area is way outside China’s border. It can build all the atoll islands it wants but it will not prevail over all the other countries in the regions.

This Chinese stubbornness has rolled the red carpet out with the support of these other countries to protect them from the big bull China, the biggest public relations disaster I have seen China inflict upon itself.

All of the countries want to lay claim to the energy resources that are close to their shorelines and there is a long history of international maritime law to settle disputes. China cannot be allowed to reinvent the rules to fit its desires without allowing everyone else to do so, the result of which would have to be naval combat which the world has not seen since the Falkland wars.

The obvious solution would involve all the neighboring countries being assured of a fair piece of the pie based on a combination of maritime case law on economic zone calculation and the relative populations involved. China has an unsaid policy of its one billion plus population entitles it to the whole South China Sea.

At the end of the day that claim will be met by all of the other nations naval forces in opposition and China will be the big loser. This is a terrible backdrop to have for the new development bank starting off and the birthing of the New Silk Road. Chins should reconsider its dead end policy and fix it before the damage gets worse… Jim W. Dean ]

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This interview has the highest views of any I have done for Press TV in the past year… 5500

Beijing is accusing the United States of violating Chinese law after an American warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea. The Foreign Ministry said the Chinese side near the island took relevant measures including monitoring and admonishments. The USS Curtis Wilbur sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island.

The US Defense Department said no Chinese military vessels were in the vicinity of the destroyer. According to the Pentagon, the move is aimed at challenging efforts to restrict freedom of navigation. China and its neighbors have been locked in territorial disputes in the South China Sea. China has repeatedly told the US to stay out of the row.