China will not give up 'any inch of territory' in the Pacific, Xi tells Mattis

[haidian]

China will not give up 'any inch of territory' in the Pacific, Xi tells Mattis
By Steven Jiang, CNN
Updated 10:14 PM ET, Wed June 27, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis at the Great Hall of the People on June 27, 2018 in Beijing, China.

Beijing (CNN)China will not give up "any inch of territory" in the Pacific Ocean, President Xi Jinping told US Defense Secretary James Mattis Wednesday during a visit to Beijing.

"Our stance is steadfast and clear-cut when it comes to China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," Xi said, according to state media, adding that "any inch of territory passed down from ancestors can not be lost while we want nothing from others."
Mattis' meeting with Xi inside the Great Hall of the People comes as relations between Washington and Beijing have been marred recently by rising tensions -- not only by an impending trade war but also by both militaries viewing each other with increasing suspicion and alarm.

He is the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014, and also held meetings with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe and other top generals.

Before departing Sunday on his trip to Asia, Mattis said he hoped to establish a "transparent strategic dialogue" with his Chinese interlocutors.
"Going forward, we obviously look at the actions of China, but I am going there to do a lot of listening and identification of common ground and uncommon ground on the strategic level at this time," said Mattis.

"I did not want to immediately go in with a certain preset expectation of what they are going to say," he added. "I want to go in and do a lot of listening. I will be very clear about what we see developing, but that's the whole reason I am making the trip instead of just sitting in Washington reading news reports, intelligence reports or analyst reports."

Xi told the US defense chief that despite disagreements in the Pacific over the South China Sea, "it has long been known that the real experts on military affairs do not want to employ military means to solve issues."

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis and China's Defence Minister Wei Fenghe inspect and honour guard during a welcome ceremony at the Bayi Building in Beijing on June 27, 2018.

Areas of convergence
China has welcomed US President Donald Trump's decision to halt large-scale US-South Korean joint military drills after his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un -- but the Pentagon's other moves in the region have prompted strong reactions from Beijing.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/asia/mattis-china-xi-meeting-intl/index.html

 

[abc123xyx]

so...what X1 going to do..
attack taiwan..?

 

[haidian]

so...what X1 going to do..
attack taiwan..?

Both PRC and ROC abide by the bottomline that both sides belong to China for decades, so there was no war even happened, but if Taiwan broke this bottomline and decleared Taiwan an countriy instead of Republic of China. War will break out, but Taiwan won't dare to do so.

 

[abc123xyx]

Both PRC and ROC abide by the bottomline that both sides belong to China for decades, so there was no war even happened, but if Taiwan broke this bottomline and decleared Taiwan an countriy instead of Republic of China. War will break out, but Taiwan won't dare to do so.

it just in the name now...
nothing more....
what control did the ccp govts have over t internal or external matters of taiwan to make any difference....

 

[atan651]

so...what X1 going to do..
attack taiwan..?

Why attack? Taiwan already is a recognized part of China by the United Nations decades ago.

 

[haidian]

it just in the name now...
nothing more....
what control did the ccp govts have over t internal or external matters of taiwan to make any difference....

Name is everything, this name means they also believe they are part of China, maybe not PRC, but China. This is the principle that both sides have been keeping from the first day they separated.

 

[abc123xyx]

Name is everything, this name means they also believe they are part of China, maybe not PRC, but China. This is the principle that both sides have been keeping from the first day they separated.

whats your opinion on indian ocean....

 

[haidian]

whats your opinion on indian ocean....

Is that a country?

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

A blockade of Tiwan perhaps is a good idea

 

[saltyashell]

A blockade of Tiwan perhaps is a good idea

China does not have the balls for that.
Tomorrow if Taiwan declares formal independence, China still won't take any action except it's ritual whining, like we see with the present trade dispute with USA.
Taiwan has been buying high end weapons from USA to defend against China from decades. Where's the Chinese interdiction ?

 

[haidian]

China does not have the balls for that.
Tomorrow if Taiwan declares formal independence, China still won't take any action except it's ritual whining

Then what stops Taiwan from doing so for 7 decades?

 

[Raphael]

China does not have the balls for that.
Tomorrow if Taiwan declares formal independence, China still won't take any action except it's ritual whining, like we see with the present trade dispute with USA.
Taiwan has been buying high end weapons from USA to defend against China from decades. Where's the Chinese interdiction ?

Nonsense. You mistake us for Hindu loudmouths who talk a big game but never put out. China has already set its red line at least as early as the passing of the 2005 Anti-Secession Law, which unequivocally committed itself to military intervention if the regime in Taipei ever declares independence.

When China says it is going to do something, there is no doubt it will do so. The Yanks learned that the hard way in the Korean War when they thought they could snuff N. Korea out of existence with China's acquiescence. Likewise, your Dutch ancestors learned the same lesson when we kicked them out of Taiwan in 1662, sliced up the male PoWs into cold cuts, and took the female PoWs as concubine slaves

 

[abc123xyx]

When China says it is going to do something, there is no doubt it will do so.

china says a lot during dokhlam....

The Yanks learned that the hard way in the Korean War when they thought they could snuff N. Korea out of existence with China's acquiescence.

that was nehru's suggestion at the UN to have a no fight zone on 36 parallal...

 

[Viet]

The president of China is like radio of Cuba libre: everyday a speech to entertain the mass.

Xi: China will never be westernized.

Xi: China will never give an inch.

Xi: China will never give two inches.

Xi: China will never follow the Bible but will punch back.

Xi: Chinese are patriots. Chinese girls only made in China underwear. Chinese men only eat made in China dim sum.

 

[saltyashell]

Nonsense. You mistake us for Hindu loudmouths who talk a big game but never put out. China has already set its red line at least as early as the passing of the 2005 Anti-Secession Law, which unequivocally committed itself to military intervention if the regime in Taipei ever declares independence.

When China says it is going to do something, there is no doubt it will do so. The Yanks learned that the hard way in the Korean War when they thought they could snuff N. Korea out of existence with China's acquiescence. Likewise, your Dutch ancestors learned the same lesson when we kicked them out of Taiwan in 1662, sliced up the male PoWs into cold cuts, and took the female PoWs as concubine slaves

I guess the Chinese posters on this forum are the exception to the loudmouth habit. Carry on.We are all impressed.
Have to go and buy a ZTE phone , oh wait .....