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Daniel R Russel, Remarks at 'China's Growing Pains' Conference. US Department of State, Apr 22, 2016.
www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2016/04/256509.htm
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"To understand the Administration's approach to China, it’s critical to understand that our Asia policy is about America's interests in the entire region, beginning with our traditional allies and partners
"China policy is a subset of our Asia policy, and not the other way around.
"The context for the progress we've made with China includes the President’s active engagement with ASEAN and each of its 10 member countries
"It also includes our support for democratic Taiwan and for universal values and human rights
"These things generate confidence that we’re in the region to stay
"And I believe our policies toward China have made clear we are determined to avoid either a G2 condominium or a cold war strategic rivalry.
"From day one, this administration has been clear-eyed about China – both about the potential for cooperation and the potential for conflict.
"A chronic friction point is China's suppression of universal freedoms. The human rights picture in China wasn’t good seven years ago, and the situation has gotten significantly worse with a troubling crackdown on political expression, civil society, and ethnic minorities. These increasingly harsh and restrictive practices harm China, alienate its friends, and are hugely frustrating to supporters of the US-China relationship. We consistently raise our concerns, in public and in private, both about problematic policies and individual cases
"But the most widely covered area of friction with China is its behavior in the East and South China Seas.
"There is a lot of tough talk about China defending its 'indisputable' sovereignty, but sovereignty over what? Over recognized land features, in keeping with international law? Or over global sea lanes and maritime areas within 200 miles of other countries?
In contrast to "territorial claims * * * maritime issues were dealt with comprehensively in the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, which China ratified. It covers issues such as who has jurisdiction to fish or drill for oil in any given location. It covers the rights and freedoms enjoyed at sea. It guarantees to all countries the freedoms of navigation, overflight, and other lawful uses of the seas.
"We don't ask China to renounce its territorial claims in the East or South China Seas, but we do ask China to renounce unilateral and destabilizing actions that change the status quo at the expense of the other claimants.
"We don't object to China exercising international maritime rights, but we do urge it to clarify its South China Sea maritime claims consistent with international law and to recognize other countries posess the same rights it exercises.
"We don't seek to undermine China's interests, but we’re determined not to let China undermine the interests of all other nations, including the US. Those interests include the rights and freedoms allowed under international law. They include the principles of the U.N. charter, including freedom from coercion.
"We have avoided not only the 'Thucydides’ trap,' but also the accommodationist trap where accepting China's 'core interests' is the price for trade benefits and global cooperation. |
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