must expand into a physical war? 转移一下矛盾 only temporary and with cost, sometimes big. Blatant copying other people's actions w/o considering our own conditions are highly dangerous and too unpredictable. I for one, do not like to gamble a war solution toward a small diplomatic problem such as this. Philippine have many problems right now as well and they are most likely forced by their own nationalism and outside influences. Their timing of it is interesting and thus do not quick to move to war before see the picture more clearly.
We also have indicated those islands as our own in our system and maps and yet we are open to "cooperation", isn't it not?
We also have indicated those islands as our own in our system and maps and yet we are open to "cooperation", isn't it not?