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First published on Tue 4 Mar 2014 10.18 GMT

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US and others should take China's sovereignty claims serious, says
vice-foreign minister on eve of defence budget statement

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/china-defend-itself-military-spending-budget-sovereignty-us

China's military is prepared to respond to all threats to the country's sovereignty, its vice-foreign minister has said ahead of the expected announcement of another big increase in Chinese defence spending.

Fu Ying said China supported resolving disputes with other states through negotiations and its 2.3-million strong army – the world's largest. China does so for defensive purposes only, she added.

But Fu warned other nations not to test China's resolve, saying: "If some countries wish to provoke or wish to damage … regional peace and the
regional order, then we must make a response, and an effective response at that.

"The point of this response, is to, on the one hand, maintain China's
territory and sovereignty, and on the other hand to maintain the regional
order and peace."

Other countries should take China's sovereignty claims seriously if they
truly care about regional peace and security, she said, singling out the
US by name.

Fu was speaking on Tuesday during a news conference on the eve of the
Chinese legislature's annual session. Her remarks came amid festering
disputes between China and its neighbours over the control of islands and
sea lanes. Tensions between China and Japan over control of a string of
tiny uninhabited islands in the East China Sea have escalated during the
past 18 months.

### - as per the above 2014 article: china isn't preparing to 'start' a
war with anyone, it's preparing to DEFEND itself against challenges to its sovereignty, and thus that of 'being' attacked.

it's the west that's preparing to attack china!

(and attack russia too!)

i.e., china wont 'start' anything, it doesn't need to! it only has to
continue along its present course to very soon end up as THE most powerful nation in the world!

unless something STOPS them?

russia, china & iran: the last 3 major obstacles to 'western' plans for
the future of the world.

do the math! :)

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