U.S. Senator John McCain on South China Sea

"What troubles me, and I imagine many of you, are the expansive claims that China makes in the South China Sea; the rationale offered for these claims, which has no basis in international law; and the increasingly assertive actions that China is taking to enforce its self-described rights, including in waters within 200 miles off the coast of ASEAN countries, as was the case recently in separate incidents involving Vietnam and the Philippines. China's so-called 'nine-dotted lines' map claims all of the islands in the South China Sea as sovereign Chinese territory and all of their territorial waters as China's exclusive economic zone. Furthermore, certain Chinese interpretations of international law would erode the long-standing principle of freedom of navigation -- twisting it from a concept of inclusion that fosters open access, to a concept of exclusion that would restrict access. Some in China are even referring to this doctrine as, quote, 'legal warfare.'"

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[britorchid]

everybody shuold leave vn alone we have had enough yo ?????????/

[HEROchinaCN]

LOL.. We chinese are just like you with American Claim on the United states minor outlying Islands after WW2 ... from 1945-Now only the Chinese troops was order into the South China Sea to replace the Japanese on Taiwan and ITU-AbA as the Administration Governor ...There was no french/ phillipino and american trroop to replace the Chinese troops in Taiwan and Itu-Aba...why you want to re-write WW2 history ..that all South Chinese Sea is under Chinese Nationalist adminstration from WW2

[bro10714]

Fck all chinese

[mickzjas]

ahaha chinese!!!stop calling as a beggars dude....china was a beggars olso before did you!!!then china made IP MAN..ahahah..british help china!!!

[0salot]

@Stallion8881 Haha stallion...... You talk as if USA are the nicest people in the world..... What China is doing in the SOuth china sea, is NOTHING compared to the mess USA has made in the middle east... China has more of an argument than the USA ever did...... If filipines did not have oil near by, this wouldent even make local radio.... So shut the fuck up, and realize USA is trying to create anti china hate across the globe, when USA are the real aggressors.

[0salot]

Soooooo what about.....

Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, the whole of the middle east....

USA should shut the fuck up????????

[Norwegian733]

@Wahnsinner As I said; you`re an idiot!

[Norwegian733]

@Wahnsinner Idiot.

[thetrialshot]

@CESCAT2 but Chinese have no right to decline US Military presence in West Philippine Sea since PH and US have a "Defense Treaty" in case of invasion...

[CESCAT2]

JOHN MC CAIN IS REAL PRO FILIPINO, HE ALWAYS CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE BULLYING PHILIPPINES..