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Experts Warn of Possible Military Conflict With China in Less Than Six Months

Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Tarleton/U.S. Navy via AP
Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Tarleton/U.S. Navy via AP
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By Dan Andros
Managing Editor

July 17, 2020

‘It’s not China’s maritime empire.”

Those were the words from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a rebuke of China’s actions and claims in the South China Sea.

From the Associated Press:

“The world will not allow Beijing to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire,” Pompeo said. “America stands with our Southeast Asian allies and partners in protecting their sovereign rights to offshore resources, consistent with their rights and obligations under international law. We stand with the international community in defense of freedom of the seas and respect for sovereignty and reject any push to impose ‘might makes right’ in the South China Sea or the wider region.”

Although the U.S. will continue to remain neutral in territorial disputes, the announcement means the administration is in effect siding with Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, all of which oppose Chinese assertions of sovereignty over maritime areas surrounding contested islands, reefs and shoals.

“There are clear cases where (China) is claiming sovereignty over areas that no country can lawfully claim,” the State Department said in a fact sheet that accompanied the statement.

In a statement Monday night from its embassy in Washington, China accused the State Department of “deliberately distorting the facts and international law.” It added that the U.S. “exaggerates the situation in the region and attempts to sow discord between China and other littoral countries. The accusation is completely unjustified. The Chinese side is firmly opposed to it.”

President Trump has attempted to navigate the balance between enforcer and partner when it comes to China, a task not easy for any president. China wields extraordinary power, both financially and militarily, but at the same time are an oppressive communist regime that frequently targets Christians and other religious minorities.

Faithwire has documented several of their abuses. Here are a just a few:

Hundreds of Arrests Made in Hong Kong on Day 1 of China Imposing ‘Draconic Security Law’

Report: China Lied About Coronavirus in Order to Hoard Medical Supplies

China Sentences Journalist to 15 Years in Prison for Condemning Communism

Pompeo: China Must Be Held Accountable for ‘Nasty’ Campaign to Deceive the World on COVID-19

China Continues Monitoring Mobile Phones, Flagging Phrases Like ‘Almighty God’

Shocking Leaked Memo Reveals Grim Reality of China’s Anti-Religion Prison Camps

China Gov Using Facial and Fingerprint Scanning on Christians as They Enter Church

After Spying on Them for years, China Deports 13 South Korean Families for Practicing Christianity

Pastor Dubbed the ‘Asian Schindler’ Rescues Thousands of Cybersex Slaves in China

China Continues Religious Persecution, Reportedly Detaining One Million Muslims

Christians ‘Standing in the Way’ of China’s Xi Jinping’s Totalitarian Rule

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