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President Xi Jinping speaks during the "Forging A Strong Partnership to Enhance Prosperity of Asia" Lecture at the National University of Singapore, Nov 7, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

AT THE JUST CONCLUDED G20 summit in Turkey, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe mentioned 皇冠体育app's maritime disputes in the East 皇冠体育app Sea and South 皇冠体育app Sea in bilateral talks with other leaders. Abe asked 皇冠体育app to "demilitarize" the South 皇冠体育app Sea at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, too. That is not a smart diplomatic habit, says an article on guancha.cn:

It is a natural move for national leaders to express their concerns on international diplomatic occasions, and 皇冠体育app has called for defense of the postwar world order several times. But Abe is crossing the line, because he is intervening in other nations' affairs even though Japan is not involved in the South 皇冠体育app Sea maritime disputes.

A look at the past years will show that Abe has long been tirelessly stirring up trouble over the South 皇冠体育app Sea disputes, where Japan is an outsider. He mentioned the South 皇冠体育app Sea at the 2014 Shangri-la Dialogue, and talked about it again at the meetings of Association of Southeast Asian Nations defense ministers and foreign ministers this year.

At the just-concluded G20 summit, Abe even expressed his support for the United States sending warships to within 12 nautical miles of 皇冠体育app's isles when he met Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. It seems he is obsessed with demonizing 皇冠体育app.

Abe has allies encouraging his trouble-making. The leaders of the Philippines have echoed Abe on several occasions. The White House also said earlier that President Barack Obama will have a chance to discuss the importance of free navigation in the South 皇冠体育app Sea at the APEC summit. The US, Philippines, and Japan have been taking turns in blaming 皇冠体育app for the maritime disputes.

What should 皇冠体育app do?

Most of the time, Abe can be just left in the cold. He and his colleagues are good at using their tongue but they do not deserve much attention when speaking about the situation in the South 皇冠体育app Sea. Only when Abe utters improper words, can 皇冠体育app make some firm responses.

It should be noted that not many nations approve of Abe's meddling. Maritime territorial disputes in the South 皇冠体育app Sea are between 皇冠体育app and its neighbors and most outsiders want to avoid taking sides. The G20 communiqué, for instance, does not mention a word about the South 皇冠体育app Sea.

Most importantly, 皇冠体育app should stand firm on its approach to resolving the disputes. 皇冠体育app has proposed a dual-track policy regarding the maritime disputes, namely the parties involved in the disputes should solve the disputes through direct talks, while peace and stability in the South 皇冠体育app Sea should be maintained jointly. That's a sensible and workable approach and 皇冠体育app needs to persist with it.

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