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| Subject: China has defied the rules with impunity Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:37 pm | |
| We hear a great gush of affirmations of the "rules-based order" that keeps the peace in the Asia-Pacific region. But whose rules? They must be Tinkerbell's rules – clap if you believe.
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis referred to a "rules-based" order five times in his weekend speech to the big annual defence conference in Singapore, the Shangri-la Dialogue. "We have a deep and abiding commitment to reinforcing the rules-based international order," for instance.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/china-has-defied-the-rules-with-impunity-20170605-gwkphb.html |
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