South China Sea and China (2011-2017)

[Dayuhan]

The US has already into the US Philippines naval exercises in the conflict area of the South China Sea.

Next month, the US is doing a similar exercise with the Vietnam Navy.

The US is reasserting that it is not a 'has been' as many in China and many Chinese sympathiser may feel.

If naval exercises assert that you're not a has-been, the US has never been one, because naval exercises in the SCS are an annual ritual, have been for decades.

There may be some in China who see the US as a has-been, but there are many more who see the US as a dangerous, aggressive power bent on hemming them in and curbing their growth, one that they must be prepared to resist. The PLA, naturally, encourages this view.

How do you figure Americans would feel about the Chinese navy conducting exercises in the Gulf of Mexico and off the California coast?