China warns US will face ‘TOTAL HUMILIATION’ unless warships back down
CHINA has warned the US faces “total humiliation” unless its warships stand down in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.
By Henry Holloway
DailyStar.co.uk
24th January 2018
Beijing and Washington have been feuding for years over the strategically key and resource rich region.
US warships regularly steam through the sea, which China claims belongs to them by right, sparking fury from Beijing.
Last week, USS Hopper – a missile destroyer – sailed into the feared war zone in a show of force to China.
And in a scathing response the Communist giant has warned the US faces “total humiliation” and there are “limits” to its military restraint.
Billions of dollars worth of trade passes through the South China Sea every year which is bordered by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
State-run newspaper The Global Times published a scathing editorial in which they blasted the US.
This came ahead of a visit by US defence secretary General James Mattis to the region with stopovers in Indonesia and Vietnam.
China described the US as becoming a “lonely pirate” in the region who “insists on stirring up troubles”.
The Global Times wrote: “China has exercised restraint against US provocations in the South China Sea, but there are limits.
“If the US doesn’t stop its provocations, China will militarise the islands sooner or later.
“Then Washington will be left with no countermeasure options and suffer complete humiliation.”
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