2016年CRI More voices to support China's Stance on South China Sea issue

 

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says a non-ASEAN country tried to persuade Cambodia and other ASEAN countries to support the South China Sea arbitration¹.

"A month ago, an ambassador of a country visited me, and said he hoped that Cambodia would support one voice of ASEAN, after the release of the result of the South China Sea arbitration. I asked immediately what does the one voice mean. The ambassador replied that it is to support the arbitration of the international tribunal. Then, I asked again whether the ambassador knew the result of the arbitration beforehand. This is not about law. This is a political event, and I do not support it."

Rod Kapunan is a columnist² with the Philippine's daily newspaper The Standard.

"If American position is simply to justify³ its presence by using our make believe conflict with China and the presence of the 7th fleet of the US Navy is something which is a threat, more of a threat to the peace and security in the region."

On Tuesday, the Center for Strategic and International Studies' 6th annual South China Sea Conference was held in Washington, which coincided with South China Sea arbitration decision issued at The Hague. The tribunal's decision has become the major topic for discussion among participants from the United States, China, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Keynote speaker U.S. senator Dan Sullivan advocated continuing the strong U.S. military presence in the South China Sea to ensure the right of free navigation and the security of U.S. allies.

Brendan Mulvaney, an officer with the UN Naval⁴ War College, argued that resorting to military deterrence⁵ is not conducive⁶ to solving the South China Sea issues, and peaceful negotiation⁷ is the only alternative.

"That's not going to solve the problem. It's going to impose harm and negative consequences on all parties. And at the end of the day we'll be back to where we started with no resolutions."

Bill Jones is Washington Bureau Chief for the Executive Intelligence Review.

"Already they've had comments by legal scholars, you've had comments by other countries who were opposed to the fact of this going to arbitration. The arbitration itself by many people was seen as an ambush⁸ that is trying to get a decision on a matter that people generally regarded must be negotiated between the parties in the region."

Other US participants at the conference also said that they fully⁹ support China's position of not accepting the decision of the tribunal.

For CRI, I am Liu Yuanhui.

1 arbitration   

n.调停，仲裁

参考例句：

• The wage disagreement is under arbitration.工资纠纷正在仲裁中。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding.双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

2 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

3 justify   

vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护

参考例句：

• He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
• Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？

4 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

5 deterrence   

威慑，制止； 制止物，制止因素； 挽留的事物； 核威慑

参考例句：

• An extreme school of "disarmers" pronounced stable deterrence was a dangerous deception. “裁军论者”中的极端派声称，稳定的威摄是一种危险的骗局。
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。

6 conducive   

adj.有益的，有助的

参考例句：

• This is a more conducive atmosphere for studying.这样的氛围更有利于学习。
• Exercise is conducive to good health.体育锻炼有助于增强体质。

7 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

8 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

9 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。