The illegal land grabs in the South China Sea make China the aggressor. The US navy presence is a reaction to that, and very welcome by almost all of the state

The illegal land grabs in the South China Sea make China the aggressor. The US navy presence is a reaction to that, and very welcome by almost all of the states on the coast except China, given that without the promise of US opposition, they would all rapidly become members of the Greater Chinese Coprosperity Sphere like Hong Kong and Macao did.