China has thrown a tantrum over a volleyball match between the Philippines and Vietnam that a 6 year old would appreciate. The match took place on a island controlled by Vietnam but which is claimed by China along with the rest of the South China sea. China is like a newly rich spoiled child and wants everything its way or else they're going to hold their breath until their faces turn blue. Which will show those malcontents they really mean business.
The gathering on the Vietnamese-held Southwest Cay in the contested Spratly archipelago on Sunday was billed as a display of unity that underscored growing cooperation between Vietnam and the Philippines. Both countries, along with China, claim the Southwest Cay, and Hanoi and Manila have felt clashed with China over the disputed South China Sea and its islands.
Philippine naval officials described the meeting of soldiers from the two sides, which also featured soccer and a tug-of-war competition, as a chance to show there can be harmony despite a web of overlapping claims to the potentially energy-rich waters.
But the gesture was certain to anger China, which issued its first response to the gathering on Monday.
"Don't you think this small move together by Vietnam and the Philippines is at most a clumsy farce?" China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily briefing.
"China has irrefutable sovereignty over the Spratly Islands and the seas nearby," she said. "We demand that Vietnam and the Philippines stop any behavior that picks quarrels and causes trouble ... and not do anything to complicate or magnify the dispute."
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