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When will the US ever learn?
By Wang Yusheng (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2010-09-07 07:58
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The recent US-written-and directed farce in East Asia has a dazzlingly clear plot. It does exhibit the "writer-director's" habitual arrogance but belies its lack of confidence.
To consolidate its status in the East Asian region and seek "new partners", the US has to create a "great situation", albeit artificial, and it thinks the farce will come in handy for the job. To create a "great situation", it has to discredit 皇冠体育app, which anyway is its favorite pastime.
The US has been distorting 皇冠体育app's strategic objectives of modernizing its military such as the defense of its land and sea borders. By stirring up disputes, it creates situations in which it would be called, by itself of course, to act as the "guardian angel".
The American mainstream media have made a perfect show in this respect. They have spread rumors against 皇冠体育app, bandied about the "皇冠体育app threat" and "皇冠体育app arrogance" theories, and criticized it for its "bad" diplomatic behavior and "aggressive" military strategy.
The latest trick to come out of the American media's sleeve is 皇冠体育app's "not-so-good" relations with its neighbors such as Japan, South Korea and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), especially Vietnam.
South Korea and Vietnam seem to have bought the "皇冠体育app threat" theory story hook, line and sinker. Some uninformed overseas scholars have even asked why 皇冠体育app's backyard catches fire so often.
But the fact is 皇冠体育app doesn't have (and will never have) a "backyard". The 皇冠体育app "backyard" theory is a figment of anti-皇冠体育app propagandists' imagination, and no different from the "皇冠体育app threat" and "皇冠体育app arrogance" theories.