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\"chinasub\"<\/a>A Chinese general used a regional security conference this weekend to tell a global audience that U.S. rhetoric about the South China Sea risks provoking Beijing.<\/p>\n

For the Chinese language audience, the general used language saltier \u2014 and perhaps more provocative \u2014 words to describe how he feels about U.S. power.<\/p>\n

Maj. Gen Zhu Chenghu, a professor at the National Defense University, made the remarks in an interview with Chinese-language Phoenix TV at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore Saturday.<\/p>\n

He suggested that if China came to blows with any of its neighbors, the U.S. might not be a reliable ally.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs U.S. power declines, Washington needs to rely on its allies in order to reach its goal of containing China\u2019s development,\u201d he told the TV station.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut whether it will get involved or use military intervention once there is a territorial dispute involving China and its neighbors, that is another issue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He said that this depended on the U.S. ability to project power, citing Ukraine as an example.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cwe can see from the situation in Ukraine this kind of ED\u201d \u2013which he explained in Chinese was a military abbreviation for something that may have meant \u201cextended deployment\u201d \u2013 \u201chas become the male type of ED problem \u2013 erectile dysfunction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Zhu was one of several Chinese military officials who reacted angrily to remarks of U.S. defense secretary Chuck Hagel, who accused China of taking destabilizing actions in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV has close ties to Beijing and much of its audience is in mainland China.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s stance on its maritime claims in the South China Sea has led it into disputes with Vietnam and the Philippines. A standoff over a Chinese drilling rig in waters claimed by Hanoi led to deadly anti-Chinese rioting in Vietnam in May.<\/p>\n

Maj. Gen Zhu is no stranger to controversy. In 2005 he came under criticism for remarks that China would have no option but to go nuclear in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. U.S. officials called the remarks irresponsible and the Chinese foreign ministry backed away from them as well.<\/p>\n

Source: WSJ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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