Veteran diplomat says US deliberately raising tensions
By Zhang Yunbi | China Daily | Updated: 2014-05-21 07:07
The United States is using the Philippines and Vietnam to make trouble for China by increasing tensions in the South China Sea, a former Chinese ambassador said.
"When US President Barack Obama came to office in 2009, he implemented a new strategic focus," said Zhang Jiuhuan, vice-president of the China Public Diplomacy Association and a former ambassador to Thailand, Nepal and Singapore.
"This focus was to rebalance the US presence in the region to consolidate its dominance."
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