MILITARY and geopolitical experts dismissed Chinese state media’s warnings of war over the South China Sea following US Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson’s statement that China should be barred from reclaimed islands.

Experts said China’s military and economic reach, as well international alliances, were not enough to sustain a war.

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