China slams US for ‘inciting trouble,’ magnifying sea dispute


Source: manilatimes.net manilatimes.net

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THE Chinese Embassy in Manila on Thursday claimed that the United States has "incited troubles" and magnified differences in the South China Sea (SCS) in its pursuit of selfish geopolitical interests. "This is quite clear to countries in the region," the embassy said in a statement. Rather than being a "self-claimed responsible power, the US actually created many instabilities across the world, leaving behind one mess after another," it added. "Now it attempts to destabilize the Asia Pacific region. Such [a] scheme is doomed to fail," the embassy said. It claimed that the escalation of tension in the SCS has...