Building guardrails for US in South China Sea – Chinadaily.com.cn

This bird eye view shows the coral reefs in China’s Xisha Islands, South China Sea. [Photo/Xinhua] That the US State Department has recently issued a so-called legal analysis that “the PRC asserts unlawful maritime claims in most of the South China Sea, including an unlawful historic rights claim” is nothing but ridiculous. Not least because the United States is not even a party to the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea and yet it is trying to claim the moral high ground on the issue. The US’ frequent meddling in the South China Sea issue calls for…