Are we entering or have already entered a new cold war?

[tiffac]

fatslob-:O said:

tiffac said:

Well the US ain't doing anything right now and there won't be a civil war in China since the majority of the people there love their Government blindly even when they are breaking human rights or international law.

Now for the bolded part. Each country under the UNCLOS agreement has a 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone. A soveriegn right of every country. 

Sadly, China broke that law by building man made islands inside the Philippines exclusive economic zone. Vietnam and Malaysia is also having similar issues if I'm not mistaken. There is currently an arbitration in the UN about the so-called claim by China which China is not taking part in because they know their claims would be chewed up and shredded.

Edit: Wiki Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_v._China

This is what China is claiming.

If that is legal then we may just disolve the United Nations altogether.

The chinese care about $, not their government. There's more than enough powerful citizens to throw a coup d'etat ...

If China really is making man made Islands on their neighbors territories then why not just blow them to smithereens ? Afterall what do they have to lose since it is within their right to do so ? 

The original Paracel Islands and Spratlys still belong to China though ... 

No they don't. That's the claim of the 9 dash line which is being shredded in the arbitration that China does not want to participate because they know its against international law by the UN which they are a part of. If we accept what China is saying then the United Nation is meaningless.

Blow the islands up? That would lead to world war 3. Not to mention, the only nation that could do that would be the US which ain't doing anything.

Those are military bases, that has airstrips and probably sub pens. Those ain't small islands and the Islands have already been built and are operational.