For John, BLUF: Doing Foreign Policy requires multi-tasking. Nothing to see here; just move along.
While we are focusing on what is happening in the Near East (the Levant),♠ life is also happening in other places. For example, Chinese Foreign Minister Mr Wang Yi, at a press conference following the China-ASEAN (10+1) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Myanmar's capital of Nay Pyi Taw, has "clarified" China's position on territorial claims in the South China Sea. The article is headlined: "Chinese FM clarifies unshakable position over South China Sea issue". This item is from the Chinese on line presence Xinhuanet♥
Remember, China uses the "Nine-dash Line" to describer what is Chinese territory♦ in the South China Sea, territory also claimed by other nations, such as Viet-nam and the Philippines.
Regards — Cliff
♠ For example, the apparent genocide by ISIL against the Yazidi People in Iraq.
♥ "Sponsored by the Xinhua News Agency, Xinhuanet is an important central news service-oriented website, an important information organ of the central government, and an important platform for building up China's online international communication capacity."
♦ That would be both Mainland China and also the Government on Taiwan.
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