China urges U.S. to stay out of sea dispute

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/06/22/uk-china-sea-dispute-idUKTRE75L16Q20110622

(Reuters) - China urged the United States Wednesday to leave the South China Sea dispute to the claimant states, saying that U.S. involvement may make the situation worse, its most direct warning to Washington in recent weeks.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai's comments to a small group of foreign reporters ahead of a meeting with U.S. officials in Hawaii this weekend come amid the biggest flare-up in regional tension in years over competing maritime sovereignty claims in the South China Sea.

Tension has risen in the region in the past month on concern that China is becoming more assertive in its claim to waters believed to be rich in oil and gas.

Part of the waters are also claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.

[FLPanhandle]

1. China's Monroe Doctrine

Sooner than I expected.

[Prometheus Bound]

2. The best thing that could happen would be for the parties to put off the dispute for another decade.

If China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei and the Philippines were to agree on some sort of joint drilling, I guess it would only be a matter of time before an oil spill would destroy some of the most magnificent ocean coastline in the world.
http://www.google.com/search?q=philippines&hl=en&ned=ca&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1091&bih=876#um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=philippines+palawan&oq=philippines+palawan&aq=f&aqi=g1g-m1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1333l3756l0l8l6l0l0l0l0l233l887l0.5.1l6&fp=1&biw=1091&bih=876&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&cad=b

[Javaman]

3. In the end, it's all about money.

they will figure something out that makes both parties happy.