US meddling will only increase regional tensions

Recent remarks from high-ranking US politicians on China's disputes in the South and East China seas with some of its neighbors breach the United States commitment not to take sides in the disputes. The US' inconsistency and capriciousness will only tarnish its own image and raise tensions in the region.

In a blatant interference in the South China Sea disputes on Thursday, US President Barack Obama said in Jamaica that China "is using its sheer size and muscle to force countries into subordinate positions".

Following Obama's logic, people cannot help asking: Isn't this what the US, the world's sole superpower, is doing?