Singapore's Straits Times on July 9, the original question: Responding to China's strategic rise
 
South China Sea dispute has been brewing for years, but there are several points became clear: In recent years, Beijing has more resolute, and a set of coherent strategy to maintain its claim to territorial claims. Most importantly, can afford such as China.
 
The outside world to express concern about China's increasingly assertive moves last year, Beijing's behavior has eased, but still adhere to the one-on-one negotiations with the countries involved in the dispute.
 
CNOOC last month announced the opening of nine offshore blocks for exploration and cooperation with foreign companies in the South China Sea. A few days later, Beijing said it would "combat readiness" in the South China Sea patrol.
 
National University of Singapore Centre for International Law Director Robert Beckman said that CNOOC's declaration may be a "turning point", "This seems to confirm a suspicion that China is not only claim to 'sovereignty' on the island and neighboring waters, and that the South China Sea 9 water resources within the polyline has 'rights and jurisdiction'. "
 
China has become more firmly in the South China Sea, this is not nothing new. What is new is that China can do more firmly at the same time, no one is obviously to go beyond the political boundaries. This is not seen before.
 
Brussels, International Crisis Group report entitled "stirred the South China Sea in April this year, the report said, good use of non-military marine institutions to preserve its claim of sovereignty in the South China Sea.
 
For Beijing, this is beneficial. The People's Liberation Army away from the basic territorial disputes, and so to prevent disputes from escalating into full-scale conflict.
 
Vietnam and the Philippines and other countries know that the People's Liberation Army, though not to come forward, but always in the back on standby.
 
On one hand, it is increasingly firmly on the territorial dispute, on the other hand, use non-military agencies to maintain the proposition, this two-pronged approach will help achieve Manila called "slow invasion.
Overall, China's strategy is not only rational, but also contribute to their own interests.
 
But the problem is that although the strength in the South China Sea for a favorable situation, but if forced too fast, and its "peaceful rise" image will be damaged.
 
An Australian scholar recently said on a seminar held in Singapore, the United States in the past 20 years is twice the "heaven-sent opportunity.
The first is the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait crisis, the U.S. sent two aircraft carriers near the Strait to Asia to show the credibility of its security.
 
Recently, the Chinese in the South China Sea issue on the aggressive, gave Washington a very receptive to political opportunity. The scholars said that, in the display of "soft power" can not be too firmly.
The interpretation of the Harvard University scholar Joseph Nye, soft power is to allow other countries to voluntary compliance, rather than through intimidation.
 
"It seems in Beijing, like soft power is that you can accumulate in the country, like toys exported to foreign countries. This stray Miles and Joseph Nye, the original meaning of the.



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