Chinese State Media Responds to Tillerson’s South China Sea Comments: Prepare for Military Confrontation

China is being so patient with Trump. Imagine an America President saying that China could no longer rape us to the tune of $300b in annual trade surpluses, via unfair practices. Now imagine a prospective Secretary of State having the nerve to suggest that China cannot simply build fucking islands in the middle of nowhere, in an effort to control trade routes, fisheries and natural resources in the area.

Well, all of that shit is happening and our Chinese masters aren’t to happy about it, not one bit.

Now that they have one aircraft carrier, a repurposed Soviet Era piece of plastic floating shit, the Chinese state media are threatening military confrontation over Trump’s cabinet appointees proposed policies.

For the sake of Beijing, they better wish their bribes to the GOP and DNC leaders were enough to block Trump’s appointees, namely Rex.

Source: Global Times
Nominee for US secretary of state Rex Tillerson uttered astonishing statements during his confirmation hearing with the Senate on Wednesday. He likened China’s island-building in the South China Sea to “Russia’s taking of Crimea,” and said the new US government would send China a clear signal that “first the island building stops, and second your access to those islands is also not going to be allowed.”

Due to his intimate relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tillerson is the most controversial candidate among President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for his cabinet and is considered the one most likely to be vetoed by the Senate.

It is not clear which point, among the many he made, he will prioritize. But it is worth looking at his remarks that China should not be allowed access to the islands, since this is the most radical statement from the US side so far.

China has enough determination and strength to make sure that his rabble rousing will not succeed. Unless Washington plans to wage a large-scale war in the South China Sea, any other approaches to prevent Chinese access to the islands will be foolish.

The US has no absolute power to dominate the South China Sea. Tillerson had better bone up on nuclear power strategies if he wants to force a big nuclear power to withdraw from its own territories. Probably he just has oil prices and currency rates in his mind as former ExxonMobil CEO.

As Trump has yet to be sworn in, China has shown restraint whenever his team members expressed radical views. But the US should not be misled into thinking that Beijing will be fearful of their threats.

Tillerson’s statements regarding the islands in the South China Sea are far from professional. If Trump’s diplomatic team shapes future Sino-US ties as it is doing now, the two sides had better prepare for a military clash.

South China Sea countries will accelerate their negotiations on a Code of Conduct. They have the ability to solve divergences by themselves without US interference. Just as the Philippines and Vietnam are trying to warm their ties with China, Tillerson’s words cannot be more irritating.