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  • On this episode of China Uncensored,

  • we are so close to war.

  • Or not close at all.

  • Between aggressive threats and calls for peace,

  • it seems Chinese media can’t make up their mind.

  • Hi, welcome to China Uncensored I’m your host Chris Chappell.

  • You know, I admit,

  • I’ve been a bit worried about a war starting

  • over tensions in the South China Sea.

  • Mainly based on statements from Chinese state-run media like,

  • “a US-China war is inevitable in the South China Sea.”

  • Well, it’s easy to misinterpret that.

  • Sure, it seems like the Chinese language Global Times

  • is in some way suggesting war between the US and China

  • is inevitable in the South China Sea.

  • But that was a year ago.

  • Now, according to this more recent editorial

  • in the English language Global Times,

  • that simply isn’t the case.

  • China is a peace-loving country

  • and deals with foreign relations with discretion,”

  • andhopes disputes can be resolved by talks.”

  • Whew, you could build an entire island on my South China Sea relief.

  • I’m especially glad to hear about that,

  • being willing to resolve things by talksbit.

  • Because next week,

  • a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague will be doing just that!

  • It will rule on a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines

  • over disputed territorial waters.

  • It’s great that China is so open to resolving things by talks!

  • "China does not accept any dispute resolution from a third party

  • and does not accept any dispute resolution forced on China."

  • Oh, funny that, I guess the Chinese regime isn’t really open to talks.

  • But China still only wants peace in the South China Sea, right?

  • I guess I’m just getting a little confused,

  • since that English Global Times article says,

  • China is a peace-loving country,”

  • but then later,

  • China should speed up building its military capabilities,”

  • andlet the US pay a cost it cannot stand

  • if it intervenes in the South China Sea.”

  • That sounds like a threat to me.

  • Now, you might be thinking,

  • Yeah? Them and what army?”

  • This one.

  • China has started military exercises today which will run until July 11…

  • vessels will be prohibited from the area.“

  • Yup, China’s People’s Liberation Army

  • has just cordoned off a huge chunk of the South China Sea.

  • "The military drills are the Chinese navy's routine drills

  • according to its annual plan."

  • Right. Those drills areroutine.”

  • Even though the Global Times

  • specifically wrote just a few days ago

  • that the drills are being held as a result of the international arbitration case.

  • Next Tuesday, the Hague will issue its ruling

  • and it’s widely expected to rule in favor of the Philippines.

  • So not only are this week’s drills happening

  • in disputed territorial waters which Vietnam claims,

  • theyre also happening right next

  • to some of the busiest shipping lanes in the South China Sea.

  • This is of course just the latest

  • in the very long saga of the South China Sea territorial disputes.

  • China militarizes the region by, say, building artificial islands.

  • China, in addition to building those islands,

  • is now militarizing them,

  • basing military aircraft, military warships and missile systems

  • on those manufactured reefs.”

  • The United States then says,

  • no, those are international waters and international airspace.

  • Then sends its military in to prove it.

  • Then Chinese state-run media criticizes the US for militarizing the region.

  • China has criticized the militarization of the region

  • by the US denouncing the show of strength as miscalculated.

  • Internet flame wars ensue.

  • Then I make an episode about it,

  • resulting in more internet flame wars.

  • It’s like a merry-go-round!

  • That’s on fire.

  • And it’s going way too fast to get off anymore.

  • Because all it takes is one little accident

  • for this whole thing to spiral out of everyone’s control.

  • Think that will never happen?

  • July 1st, the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party:

  • A Taiwanese patrol ship is doing training drills

  • and accidentally fires a supersonic missile in the direction of mainland China.

  • It hits another ship, killing the captain.

  • Now, it just so happens that ship was Taiwanese.

  • But imagine what would be happening right now

  • if that freak accident

  • had hit a mainland Chinese boat and killed a mainland Chinese captain.

  • We might be working towards a final answer

  • to thatOne China Policyquestion a lot sooner than anyone anticipated.

  • So as we approach the ruling by the Hague,

  • with tensions so high,

  • what do you think will happen next?

  • And what should be done?

  • Leave your comments below.

  • Thanks for watching this episode of China Uncensored.

  • Once again I’m your host Chris Chappell.

  • See you next time.

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