China's State-Run Newspaper Backs ‘Non-Peaceful' Steps Against Vietnam

China's State-Run Newspaper Backs ‘Non-Peaceful' Steps Against Vietnam
Vietnamese protesters hold placards during an anti-China rally with their Philippine counterparts (not pictured) in front of the Chinese consular office in the financial district of Manila on May 16, 2014. Several hundred Filipino and Vietnamese joined forces in a unique protest in the Philippine capital on May 16, demanding that China stop oil drilling in disputed South China Sea areas. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)
Vietnamese protesters hold placards during an anti-China rally with their Philippine counterparts (not pictured) in front of the Chinese consular office in the financial district of Manila on May 16, 2014. Several hundred Filipino and Vietnamese joined forces in a unique protest in the Philippine capital on May 16, demanding that China stop oil drilling in disputed South China Sea areas. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

The state-run Global Times newspaper backed the use of “non-peaceful” measures against Vietnam and the Philippines on Friday, as it considered the possibility of war over territorial disputes in the strategically vital South China Sea.

“The South China Sea disputes should be settled in a peaceful manner, but that doesn’t mean China can’t resort to non-peaceful measures in the face of provocation from Vietnam and the Philippines,” the newspaper, which often takes a nationalistic tone, wrote in an editorial.

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