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BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua) Chinese media has quoted Japan’s Kyodo News reported that sources revealed that the first time in March this year China to the United States government officials that position, saying the South China Sea is China’s “core interests.” Hong Kong newspapers said this interpretation, emphasizing the sovereignty of the South China Sea subtext is that the face of the world’s largest maritime hegemony, China to defend its maritime interests in the area are trying to “hand to mouth.”

Hong Kong, “Wen Wei Po” 5, citing Beijing’s point of view a number of international strategic experts said, should beware of the West to speculation around China’s foreign policy “to the expansion of the transformation.” If this is true, to reveal China’s two meanings: First, the potential security risks remain vigilant and strive to strategic initiatives; two national ocean awareness is still low, China’s urgent need to develop comprehensive, sustainable development national maritime strategy to deal with maritime rights and interests of the safety pressure.

“Ming Pao Daily News” quoted mainland scholars analysts believe that this is for the U.S. military actions in recent years, increased surveillance in the South China Sea issue of protest. The Chinese People’s University professor of international relations, said that the South China Sea about China’s territorial waters, territorial islands and exclusive economic zone, an important oil routes, “if not to mention also must be the core national interests, such a suggestion is for the United States in recent years in the South China Sea reconnaissance open is to say to the world to hear. “

” Sing Tao Daily “published an editorial,” stressed the sovereignty of the subtext of the South China Sea, “said China’s long coastline, the area involved in the South China Sea the most complex dispute over sovereignty. Face of the world’s largest sea power, China to defend its maritime interests are trying to “hand to mouth.”

editorial that the U.S. has not allowed foreign ships in its coastline Yaowu and collect their information. This is the U.S. military’s activities along the Chinese coastline, there is obviously a double standard. Chinese senior officials to the U.S. diplomatic importance of the sovereignty of the South China Sea, hard-line stance than before, to defend themselves in this area of ??the economy, shipping, and many other interests, including national security considerations, to the United States military strategy and its surrounded by ocean surveillance activities of dissatisfaction.