South China Sea Tensions Complicate Growing (1)

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1、SouthChinaSeaTensionsComplicateGrowingU.S.-ChinaCooperationKrisOsbornYesterdayat3:16AMSouthChinaSeatensionstakeplaceinabroadercontextofgrowingU.S.-Chinamilitary-to-militaryexercisesSeniorPentagonandNavyofficialsregardongoingdisputeswithChinaoverterritorialclaimsintheSouthChinaSeaaspartofalarger,c

2、omplexrelationshipbetweenthetwocountriesinvolvingcompetitionandmilitarytensionsalongsidecooperation,military-to-militaryexercises,portvisitsandmutualeffortstofightinternationalmaritimepiracy.Nonetheless,continuedChineseprovocationsintheSouthChinaSeaincreasetheriskofdisruptingthebalanceoftheU.S.-C

3、hinarelationshipawayfromabroadercontextofcollaborationandpushingitmoresubstantiallytowardanintensifyingmilitaryrivalry.Whiletheongoingproblemsdonotappearlikelytoresultinmilitaryconfrontation,theU.S.-Chinarelationshipseemstofallalongtwodistinct,yetinterwovenfaultlines;onetrajectoryseemstobeleading

4、towardgrowingdisagreementsoveractionsintheSouthChinaSea,andyetthisstandsinadelicateorprecariousbalancewithfast-growinggood-will,port-visitsandmilitaryexercisesbetweenthetwocountries.NavyAdm.HarryHarris,commanderofU.S.PacificCommand,seemstoindicatethatbothtrajectoriescouldpotentiallyco-existwhile,

5、atthesametime,expressingstrongoppositiontoChina’sterritorialassertionsintheSouthChinaSea.Inrecentpublicremarks,HarrisseemedtobothaddresstheseriousnessoftensionsanddisagreementsoverissuesintheSouthChinaSeaandalsoindicateareasofU.S.-Chinesepartnership.ThereseemstobeaclearhopeamongU.S.militaryleader

6、sthatSouthChinaSeaissuescanberesolvedwithoutconfrontation.ApeacefulresolutionofsomekindcouldmeanthattheproblemswithChinaintheareadonotnecessarilyhavetogreatlyalter,disruptorerasethelargercalculusoftheU.S.-Chinarelationship--whichincludesgrowingcooperation.“Whilewecertainlydisagreeonsometopics–the

7、mostpublicbeingChina’sclaimsintheSouthChinaSeaandouractivitiesthere–therearemanyareaswherewehavecommonground,”HarrissaidrecentlyduringremarksatStanfordCenterPekingUniversity,Beijing.Harrisseemedtosuggesttheprospectorho