Well if this below from Pompeo doesn't constitute an ultimatum to China over the South China Sea then I don't know what does.

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/mike-pompeo-issues-crystal-clear-warning-to-beijing/ar-BB17bCNg

And coincidently Payne and Reynolds are meeting with Pompeo in Washington. I assume something is cooking there and I expect it will be all about pushing China out of the South China Sea.

This is what I call history in the making.

Mr Opinion-

Imho I would just stop the US buying consumer goods from China and stop Hollywood from selling movies in China.

No money no weapons no fight- in the South China Sea.

Canem Malum,

I have been watching events unfold in the South China Sea for five years and from the news reports on the web it looks like things are coming to a head accelerated by the impacts of the WuFlu pandemic.

Commonness says that there are a lot of Chinese spies and operatives in Australia masquerading as obliging and supportive migrants. Given the numbers of Chinese migrants in Australia it looks like we will have a big problem.

Mr O,

Yes - all the scaremongering by Hanson, Anning,
et al, of the past and present has certainly come true
for you guys. We've been:

1) Swamped by Asians.
2) Islam has taken over the country.
3) Sydney is a Chinese city.
4) Sudanese crime gangs.
5) Hell - multiculturalism is destroying your culture.

'Cause you're British you know! And that's all you're
capable of doing - whinging!

How come you guys are still here?

How come you haven't gone back, like some of the ten pound
poms did? Ah, wait, nowadays - you need a visa - right.
So instead you sit here and whinge and spoil it for the rest of us.

Gawd!

Foxy,

Apart from your point 3 above I have never commented on the other things in your list.

To me Sydney has become a Chinese city. Come up and have a look for yourself if you don't believe me.

And I'm not the only one who is raising the alarm about China's intentions. If you have been following events you would have noticed that the US is putting together a team including Australia to push China out of the South China Sea.

Did you also see where the US has started to arrest Chinese spies and operatives. I suppose you still believe there are no such people in Australia and we're lucky because we got all good Chinese migrants and the US got the bad guys. Are you really that naive?

Mr O,

You keep raising the "multicultural edifice", as well
as banging on about Chinese in Australia, despite as
Joe has pointed out to you - not all Asians are
Chinese and not all Chinese are pro the CCP.
So my responses to you are based on what you're posting.

Australia today is made up of many backgrounds not only
Chinese. And it would be more appropriate to call it
an "Australian edifice" which is what we're all a part of.

As for confrontations with China over the South China Sea?
Australia has called for Beijing to respect the law and
has rejected the maritime claims by the PRC. We shall
have to wait and see what happens next.