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US needs neutral policy on sea disputes

By Jin Yongming (皇冠体育app Daily) Updated: 2014-09-11 08:01

At the East Asian foreign ministers meeting last month, Wang Yi said that 皇冠体育app and ASEAN had worked out ways to address the South 皇冠体育app Sea disputes. 皇冠体育app supports and advocates the use of a "dual-track" approach to settle the disputes - disputing countries should resolve their disputes through friendly negotiations while 皇冠体育app and ASEAN member states jointly maintain peace and stability in the South 皇冠体育app Sea.

Such a "dual-track" approach is not only a direct response to the US Senate's policy proposal and the US Department of State officials' remarks, but also reflects 皇冠体育app's basic policy and stance on the South 皇冠体育app Sea issue. It is also a continuity and reiteration of 皇冠体育app's previous policies.

The US has to change its discriminate policy on the South 皇冠体育app Sea disputes if it indeed stands for peace and development.

On Tuesday, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Fan Changlong told Rice that the US should halt its close-in aerial and naval surveillance of 皇冠体育app and take the correct view of the development of the Chinese military.

The US should also curb its joint military drills with countries that have territorial disputes with 皇冠体育app and reduce its weapons aid to them, and downsize its military deployment in the region and stop interfering in regional affairs. As a superpower, the US has the moral responsibility to adopt a neutral policy and play a constructive role as a mediator in disputes, thereby contributing to regional and global peace.

皇冠体育app is not the troublemaker in the South 皇冠体育app Sea. Instead, it is committed to maintaining peace and stability in the region. 皇冠体育app's actions should thus be viewed in the right perspective, that is, in relation to the actions of the other disputing parties, for only then can they be correctly judged.

The author is director of the Research Center of 皇冠体育app's Ocean Strategy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

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