China Lashes Out At “Washington-Led Conspiracy” After Hague Decision “Farce”

• The next logical move is for the US Navy to violate China’s claimed 200nm EEZ to provoke a reaction. The Chinese on their part will respond in a restrained manner militarily. However, the Chinese will unleash their full wrath on the US dollar ie. destroy the American world currency hegemony.
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• China Lashes Out At “Washington-led Conspiracy” After Hague Decision “Farce”
  by Tyler Durden, www.zerohedge.com  
  Following The Hague’s ruling that China has no legal claim to most of The South China Sea, authorities have taken to the media to proclaim their disdain for the decision. Editor-in-Chief Wang Xiaohui of The China People’s Daily (quasi-official mouthpiece of the China Communist Party) unleashed a sniping rebuke provaliming: “South China Sea arbitration: A US-led conspiracy behind the farce.”
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  Since U.S. President Barack Obama took office, “Pivot to Asia” has become one of Washington’s political pursuits and military strategies. The disputes between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, which was provoked by former Philippine President Aquino III, came just in time as it offered Washington a good excuse and easy approach to return to the region.
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  In January 2013, the Philippines unilaterally initiated arbitral proceedings on the South China Sea issue. To circumvent the law, it secretly changed relative concepts, deliberately separated the Nansha Islands, and asked the tribunal to issue an award over the legal status and maritime claims of some of the islands and reefs that belong to the Nansha Islands as a whole.
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  What Aquino III did was a clear violation of international law. However, Washington chose to ignore the facts and the law, giving full support to its flunkey in Asia without hesitation.
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  So, we can tell that Washington has taken sides from the very beginning. What has it done before and behind the curtain then? Generally, it took four kinds of actions.
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  First, colluding with its allies to rubbish China.
  Regarding the South China Sea arbitration, U.S. government officials and media have expressed many negative opinions of China, so as to portray Beijing as a “violator” of international order. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter used to say in public that China’s activity in the South China Sea could lead to a “great wall of self-isolation.” Japan, as an ally of Washington, was also active and enthusiastic in helping the U.S. to suppress China.
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  Second, showing off military force and putting pressure on China.
  The U.S. has been stepping up military actions in the South China Sea recently. Particularly, in the middle of June, two U.S. aircraft carriers, the USS John C. Stennis and USS Ronald Reagan, launched joint operations in the South China Sea, staging a show of force aimed at China.
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  In the meantime, Japan also launched joint military exercises with the Philippines and conducted arms sales with the latter, which is meant to put pressure on China. On July 8, Washington and Seoul jointly announced the deployment of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) systems in South Korea, and the ulterior motive behind it was obvious enough.
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