{"id":479,"date":"2017-02-07T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=479"},"modified":"2017-02-07T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T15:14:00","slug":"china-knocks-mattis-remarks-on-east-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2017\/02\/07\/china-knocks-mattis-remarks-on-east-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"China knocks Mattis remarks on East Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">A spokesman for China\u2019s Foreign Ministry slammed Secretary of Defense <a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/person\/james-mattis\">James Mattis<\/a>\u2019s assertion that the U.S. would defend Japan\u2019s claim to a group of islands also claimed by China, the <a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/64569de35aeb46eb891155421c19d435\/china-lashes-out-mattis-remarks-east-china-sea-islands\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a> reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Spokesman <a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/person\/lu-kang\">Lu Kang<\/a> said that Mattis\u2019s remarks and the U.S. involvement in the dispute undermines regional stability and called a longstanding treaty between Japan and the U.S. \u201ca product of the Cold War, which should not impair China\u2019s territorial sovereignty and legitimate rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We urge the U.S. side to take a responsible attitude, stop making wrong remarks on the issue involving the Diaoyu islands&#8217; sovereignty, and avoid making the issue more complicated and bringing instability to the regional situation,&#8221; Lu said in a statement on the ministry\u2019s website, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mattis told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a trip to Asia earlier this week that the Trump administration would continue the longstanding U.S. policy of honoring Tokyo\u2019s claim to the Senkaku islands, known as the Diaoyu in China.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lu also lashed out against Mattis for reaffirming a commitment to place a missile defense system in South Korea to defend against a potential North Korean nuclear Strike.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said the installation of the system \u201cwill jeopardize security and the strategic interests of regional countries, including China, and undermine the strategic balance in the region,&#8221; according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">President Trump has frequently taken a hardline stance on China, accusing the country of currency manipulation and not taking a tougher position against North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/317906-chinas-foreign-ministry-mattis-remarks-to-japanese-president-bringing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spokesman for China\u2019s Foreign Ministry slammed Secretary of Defense James Mattis\u2019s assertion that the U.S. would defend Japan\u2019s claim to a group of islands also claimed by China, the Associated Press reported Saturday. Spokesman Lu Kang said that Mattis\u2019s remarks and the U.S. involvement in the dispute undermines regional stability and called a longstanding treaty between Japan and the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2017\/02\/07\/china-knocks-mattis-remarks-on-east-asia\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}