THE US has been warned of
potentially “devastating consequences” if it blocks China from islands
it has built in contested waters in the South China Sea, according to
Chinese media reports.
And in more inflammatory
comments, prospective US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was told he
better watch his mouth, after the former ExxonMobil CEO told US senators
that he would seek to deny Beijing access to the artificial islands.China’s actions in the region are comparable to Russia’s invasion of Crimea, he said, a comment that did not sit well with the nuclear-armed Asian giant.
If Tillerson acted on his threats, Chinese state-owned China Daily warned “it would set a course for devastating confrontation between China and the US.” Satellite photos show China has been hard at work building military facilities in the contested waters, which are also claimed by the Philippines and Vietnam, among others.
The sentiment former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating to comment that Canberra needed to tell the incoming Trump administration from the get-go that Australia will sit out any US “adventurism” over South China Sea tensions.
“When the US secretary of state-designate threatens to involve Australia in war with China, the Australian people need to take note,” he said in a statement.
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