中國報紙稱美國需要“發動戰爭”才能封鎖南海島嶼

Chinese tabloid says US needs to 'wage war' to block off South China Sea islands

中國報紙稱美國需要“發動戰爭”才能封鎖南海島嶼

BEIJING: Blocking Chinese access to islands in the South China Sea would require the US to "wage war", an influential Chinese state-run tabloid said on Friday, after US secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson suggested the strategy on Wednesday.

北京：要想阻止中國接近南海島嶼，美國需要“發起戰爭”，富有影響力的中國國有報紙週五稱，此前美國候選國務卿蒂爾納森週三稱要阻止中國接近南海島嶼。

Tillerson told his confirmation hearing before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he wanted to send a signal to China that their access to islands in the disputed South China Sea "is not going to be allowed". He did not elaborate.

他在美國參議院對外關係委員會的審議聽證會上表示他會向中國發出清晰信號，禁止中國接近有爭議的南海島嶼。

The United States would have to "wage a large-scale war" in the South China sea to prevent Chinese access to the islands, the Global Times said in an English language editorial.

環球時報在其英語社論中說美國將不得不在南海發動一場大規模戰爭來阻止中國接近這些島嶼。