The Chinese navy intrudes on the maritime rights of its neighbors, bullies other nations and is determined to build a force strong enough to counter the U.S. Pacific Fleet, a U.S. Navy intelligence officer told an audience at the WEST 2013 convention in San Diego…. He said that China has destabilized the East Asia maritime environment and is “seizing the maritime rights of its neighbors.” He pointed to last year’s Scarborough Shoals affair with the Philippines as an example. “China is negotiating for control of other nations’ resources off their coasts,” Fannell said. “What’s mine is mine, and we’ll negotiate what’s yours.”
Fannell began his talk by noting that he is part of a team of officers who spend up to an hour every morning engaged in intelligence briefings reviewing developments in the Asia/Pacific region “Every day, it’s about China,” Fannell said. “It’s about a China who is at the center of virtually every activity and dispute in the maritime domain in the East Asia region.” (USNI, Posted 6 Feb 13)
