(BGF) – The Philippines Daily Inquirer said the Global Times, the China’s top newspaper, had assailed the Philippines and Vietnam for their “attempt to grab islands and waters (in the South China Sea), which don’t belong to them” by getting alliance with the United States. Liu Zongyi, a research fellow of the Center for South Asia Studies at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, made a report on the Global Times to note that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “made a trip encircling China recently.
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Chinese newspaper slams Philippines, Vietnam for running to US for help
July 18, 2012 by Jerry E. Esplanada
MANILA, Philippines—One of China’s top newspapers has assailed the Philippines and Vietnam for their alleged “attempt to grab islands and waters (in the South China Sea), which don’t belong to them by riding the back of the tiger,” apparently referring to the United States.
The Beijing-based Global Times, in a July 16 report, also said Manila and Hanoi “hope to get massive military assistance from the US, which the US can’t afford to provide.”
The report, titled “Clinton’s trip highlights weak points of US return to Asia,” was written by Liu Zongyi, a research fellow of the Center for South Asia Studies at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies.
It noted that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “made a trip encircling China recently.”
“From Japan to Mongolia then to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, Clinton mainly focused on three things: backing Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines in disputes with China over maritime territorial sovereignty, balancing China’s economic influence in Asian by enhancing trade and economic ties with Southeast Asian countries, and promoting support for democracy and human rights as the core of US Asian strategy while attacking China’s development model,” it said.
According to Liu, Clinton’s “every topic targeted China by insinuation. It seems the US is tightening its encirclement of China. But on the other hand, we can see the weakness of the US’ ‘back to Asia’ strategy.”
“The Obama administration’s strategy covers political and military fields, as well as trade and economy. But the strategy seemingly is gradually losing its edge,” said Liu.
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