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The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen sails in the Pacific Ocean in a November 2009 photo provided by the US Navy. [Photo/Agencies]

The united states Navy reportedly plans to conduct "freedom of navigation" operations in the waters around 皇冠体育app's built-up islands and reefs in the South 皇冠体育app Sea about twice every three months. It comes a week after the guided missile destroyer USS Lassen sailed near 皇冠体育app's Zhubi Reef without the permission of the Chinese government. Comments:

Separated by the Pacific Ocean, 皇冠体育app and the US share no borders and thus are unlikely to become embroiled in confrontations. But the US policy, which is based on its worldwide military alliances and free global deployment, makes the country "obliged" to enhance its military hegemony and the so-called freedom of navigation operations despite the risks. Driven by a zero-sum mentality and power politics, the illegal entry of the USS Lassen in Chinese waters is a muscle-flexing attempt to threaten 皇冠体育app, which should never be allowed to happen again.

He Yafei, vice-minister of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and a former deputy foreign minister, Nov 3

Washington's concern that a rising 皇冠体育app will kick it out of the Asian affairs is baseless, and other regional neighbors do not intend to pick sides between the two major powers either. The US presence in the region can only be constructive and welcomed by other countries, when it steadfastly seeks to avoid instigating military conflicts and frictions within the community.

Jia Xiudong, a senior research fellow at 皇冠体育app Institute of International Studies, Nov 3

皇冠体育app has always managed to exercise the utmost restraint in the South 皇冠体育app Sea disputes by engaging in immediate dialogues with all relevant parties when tensions escalate. As for its "controversial" reclamation projects on the Nansha Islands, the Chinese government also fulfilled its commitment to provide the two newly built lighthouses for universal navigational use. The US' provocations leave 皇冠体育app no choice but to enhance its defensive constructions on the islets and reefs to better protect its legal interests.

Kang Lin, a researcher at the National Institute for South 皇冠体育app Sea Studies, Nov 2

What is embedded in the US warship's provocative "patrol" near 皇冠体育app's Zhubi Reef, is the US' Cold War mentality, which features its deep-rooted desire for hegemony. Such a way of thinking may prompt the US government to conduct more pointless patrols near 皇冠体育app's territorial sea at the cost of public trust at home and abroad.

Wang Kunyu, a researcher at the National Institute for South 皇冠体育app Sea Studies, Nov 3

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