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发帖数: 1793 | 1 Calls to Punish China Grow
Following a year of China’s flagrant and aggressive activities in contested
waters, some in Washington are calling for President Obama to cancel China
’s invitation to the largest maritime military exercise in the world.
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Some leaders in Congress and the military want to exclude China, warning
about its military buildup in the East China Sea and the South China Sea,
which includes a rapid plan to build military-friendly infrastructure on new
islands in waters where at least six Asian nations have competing claims.
Satellite photos released last month show that in the past year China has
built what Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, called
a “Great Wall of Sand”: China has created new islands in the South China
Sea and begun construction of helipads and anti-aircraft towers.
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain told me that China’s
actions over the last year call into question the Obama administration’s
plan to invite China to the next Rim of the Pacific exercise, scheduled for
summer 2016 near Honolulu.
“I would not have invited them this time because of their bad behavior,”
said McCain. “In the last number of years they had filled in 60 acres of
land around these islands; in the last year they have filled in 600 acres
and they are putting in a runway. I don’t think there is any doubt about
their territorial ambitions.”
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China was officially invited to the RIMPAC exercises in 2014 for the first
time, along with 21 other nations including several countries with whom
Beijing has maritime territorial disputes, such as Vietnam and the
Philippines. China brought a surprise to the last RIMPAC exercise: a
surveillance spy ship that was neither expected nor welcomed.
McCain said China’s buildup in the South China Sea could lead to China
establishing a new air defense identification zone in the South China Sea --
a de facto declaration of official Chinese airspace, similar to the zone
China unilaterally announced in the East China Sea in 2013.
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The U.S. opposed that move in 2013, but McCain said the administration needs
to do more to deter China from creating a second air defense
identification zone.
“That would a de facto assertion that it is Chinese airspace. I don’t
think there’s any doubt the Chinese are acting in an aggressive manner,”
said McCain. “Our Pacific Fleet commander has issued warning after warning,
which have apparently been ignored.”
Inside the U.S. government, there is tension over whether the U.S. should
increase cooperation with China to maintain ties, or put more distance
between the two militaries. On the side of more robust engagement is the U.S
. chief of naval operations, Admiral Jonathan Greenert, who has worked
closely with China’s naval chief, Admiral Wu Shengli.
Last year, Greenert proposed to grant a Chinese request to have a U.S.
aircraft carrier visit China and open up access for Chinese military
officials. In February, McCain wrote to the secretary of Defense, then Chuck
Hagel, in opposition to the idea. One month later, Hagel's replacement, Ash
Carter, responded to tell McCain the carrier visit would not happen.
“The current regional environment and military balance considerations
inform DOD’s engagement calculus, and as you suggest, a U.S. aircraft
carrier visit would not support our stated objectives at this time,” Carter
wrote.
Since taking up his post, Carter has taken a prominent role in security
issues involving Asia. One Congressional aide briefed on the issue said that
the Office of the Secretary of Defense told the Navy that it did not want
China to be invited to RIMPAC 2016 given recent behavior but that the Navy
is insisting on inviting China again. The Navy’s position is supported by
the head of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Locklear, who is pushing
more military to military engagement with China.
The White House is said to be open to the idea of disinviting China from
RIMPAC and taking a tougher stance toward China’s aggression in the South
China Sea, but so far hasn’t been assertive in weighing in on the debate,
said one administration official who works on Asia-Pacific issues.
National Security Council Spokesman Patrick Ventrell declined to comment on
RIMPAC specifically but said the administration is “working to deepen
practical military cooperation on issues such as disaster response and
counter-piracy, while at the same time developing and implementing
confidence building measures that reduce the risk of accidents or
miscalculation.”
Patrick Cronin, the head of the Asia-Pacific Security program at the Center
for a New American Security, said the U.S. should be exacting a diplomatic
and reputational price for China's bad behavior while increasing cooperation
with other countries in the region.
“We are trying to avoid being outmaneuvered by a very active and assertive
China,” said Cronin. “When they do things to violate the norms, we have to
make sure they don’t benefit.”
But the cost to China should not necessarily include being excluded from
RIMPAC, he said: The exercises can advance common goals involving things
like maritime law and safety, search and rescue, and humanitarian relief.
“It all depends on what you think RIMPAC should be,” said Cronin. “For
us to have China there is important, but that doesn’t mean that China is
coming there with good intentions.”
Other experts argue that even if there is no national security risk to
inviting China to RIMPAC, China simply does not deserve the privilege of
participating.
“They don’t get any secrets at RIMPAC. The bigger issue is their attitude
and behavior,” said Michael Auslin, senior fellow at the American
Enterprise Institute. “You uphold certain standards and if China doesn’t
meet those standards, they haven’t earned another invite back.”
The U.S.-China relationship is delicate, and the decision to punish China
should be made with great care. But the Navy’s single-minded focus on
engagement and the administration’s overall resistance to calling out China
for bad behavior are shortsighted.
Rethinking the quantity and quality of the engagement with China actually
might be better for the relationship over the long term. What’s clear is
that so far, China is paying no price for its aggression. Until the Obama
administration changes that, Beijing will continue to change facts on the
ground -- and in the water -- in their own favor. | r******g
发帖数: 691 | 2 什么dis-invite, 美国也太把自己当根葱了吧！ | s******s
发帖数: 1793 | 3 美国盯上中国了, 对越南/菲佣乱占乱见视而不见. 将军们怎么说? 中国强大到能躲避
惩罚了吗? 要不要抱毛子大腿? | t*d
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发帖数: 1793 | 5 贴一些牛B评论:
dennis 4 minutes ago
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What’s clear is that so far, China is paying no price for its aggression. I
guess we were not the aggressor invading Iraq?
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Terex 8 minutes ago
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The next thing you will see is darn haze over the entire pacific from the
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bluelagoon 8 minutes ago
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China already paid Michelle Obama for every thing they will do when she
visited China last time. | l*********u
发帖数: 19053 | 6 lol :)
" to cancel China’s invitation to the largest maritime military exercise in
the world"，学乖了，不画"red line"啦，因为在Syria/hormuz海峡，画过了 :)
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: Calls to Punish China Grow
: Following a year of China’s flagrant and aggressive activities in contested
: waters, some in Washington are calling for President Obama to cancel China
: ’s invitation to the largest maritime military exercise in the world.
: Related Stories
: This chart shows why China thinks it can take over the South China Sea
: without triggering a war Business Insider
: Manila 'cute little submissive' of US: China media AFP
: China Criticizes U.S., Philippine Drills in South China Sea Bloomberg
: US-Philippines wargames to start under China's shadow AFP
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