No Western country will risk billion dollar worth of trade and nuclear annihilation with China over some rocks, reefs, and inhabitable islands in the middle of no where for Vietnam, Philippines, and or Japan. LOL I think you are counting the egg before it hatches. Fact remains, this is localized dispute and the West will only provide emotional support. At best, they will provide weapons but will not involved directly with us as we will retaliate. And you are talking about us today, at the year 2014. I am not sure how they will deal with us in the future when we will be twice as powerful as we are today.