21st century wire say yesterday cabinet confirmation hear washington dc hawkish comment make president-elect trump secretary state nominee rex tillerson please pro-war senators john mccain lindsey graham chinese war hawk tillerson remark refer 3,000 acres reclaim land south china sea spratly island chain presumably use chinese navy also ship resource china deny new facilities restrict freedom movement international shipping.it important note tremendous amount pressure put bear incoming trump administration neoconservatives perpetual war advocate like mccain graham tom cotton marco rubio others relentless pressure appear affect tillerson yesterday hearings.in response chinese communist party publication pen scathing oped response tillerson comment .telegraphlocking chinese access islands south china sea would require us wage war influential chinese state-run tabloid say friday us secretary state nominee rex tillerson suggest strategy wednesday media salvo china late sign increase tensions countries since president-elect donald trump accept telephone call taiwan leader tsai ing-wen.mr tillerson tell confirmation hear us senate foreign relations committee want send signal china access islands dispute south china sea go allow elaborate.the unite state would wage large-scale war south china sea prevent chinese access islands global time say english language editorial tillerson good bone nuclear power strategies want force big nuclear power withdraw territories paper add continue story telegraphread china news 21st century wire china filessupport work subscribe become member 21wire.tv chinese media warn war us follow tillerson remark south china sea