China Angered by British

It seems the Chinese are easily angered by anyone with power floating ships "too near" one of their little islands.  It's the too near part that causes the friction with almost everyone, including the US.  They don't think the 12 mile limit is all that bad, but the Chinese are challenging anyone that gets within 100 miles of one of them.  That pretty much means the Chinese don't recognize the rules of the sea that nations usually follow.  Why we should tolerate this is beyond me.

Finally, the US has decided to call China on its diplomatic push to isolate Taiwan, one of those islands that China claims.  China wants to persuade other countries that Taiwan is part of China and not an independent country, in spite of most of history to the contrary.  Because past leaders have allowed this kind of thing to go on for so long, prying them out of the South China Sea and taking back Taiwan is going to be really hard to do.  These little steps are an indication that some countries are willing to take them on, as the Philippines did when it took China to the Arbitration Council.  Money talked to keep them from enforcing their win, but that money is not a prevalent as it once was.  It reminds me of a movie where everyone gets along until the mob leader has no cash or prizes to hand out.  It doesn't take long for the herd to change it minds about the power structure.  Somebody in Great Britain and the US has decided to not let this go any further, and do something.  Maybe some others will take note and start doing the same thing.