Philippine Daily Inquirer

Is China going to war against the world?

- —RENI M. VALENZUELA, renimvalen­zuela@yahoo.com

WHOCAN find a lost cause?

China is getting to be suicidal in its actuations in relation to the South China Sea row. It appears that its leaders are about ready to go to war against the whole world. China is now sending a message loud and clear that there is no restraint to its “ambitions” even at the cost of violating internatio­nal laws and in defiance of reason and peaceful means and, worse, regardless of the thousands (or millions) of lives that may be lost in the event war erupts as a consequenc­e of its stubborn will.

If China’s “kings” would be allowed to continue behaving in the disputed islands and seas as if they are already part of their country’s territoria­l domain, what then can stop China from further “ruling the world” in the future? Why is China acting like it owns the heavens and the earth when the United Nations as a universal body has yet to adjudicate cases filed against China’s territoria­l and maritime claims by other claimant countries? Every argument China makes is a mere alibi or an argument of the devil.

Babel was a tower ambitiousl­y erected for the destructio­n of its builders.

The ball is in China’s hands. Do what’s right. Stop cowing the world. Prevent justice’s fury. Consider logic. Regret ahead. Be human. Let’s be friends. Life is precious. Therefore: Prevent lives from going to waste.

Peace is paramount.

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