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The problem is not China, you should see everyone else's claims. Vietnam's claimed and occupied islands are just as ridiculous as China's.

In fact ASEAN could not stand together against China in this case is exactly because every country around South China Sea has conflicting claims.

BBC is trying to avoid this as much as possible. Facts are hard, Let's just blame bad China.

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I was very surprised when I found this out. It makes sense though - just like in any negotiation, you don't start with what you're willing to settle for, you start with what you want.

In general, there are always two sides to the coin. Where from an American perspective you see Chinese aggression outwards, if you flip the arrows on the map around, you might notice that from a Chinese perspective, the US is aggressively boxing China in.

You nailed the point. The continuous expansion of the Japan-US ADIZ(Air Defense Identification Zone) in east China sea in past decades could reflect a lot of things never will be mentioned in English media.

> In general, there are always two sides to the coin

This exactly. Media blames China for everything that went wrong on this planet, and people believe it without thinking twice. It's funny because as a Chinese, I thought we were supposed to be the only one that got brainwashed.

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