The government says it will exhaust all diplomatic and legal means to prevent China from turning Mabini Reef into another Mischief Reef. As I said in my last column, web should do as Vietnam has done in the disputed Paracels where China has planted an oil rig. She stood pat despite the ramming of her ships by the Chinese and withstood the latter's water cannons. They showed the Chinese they are ready to die for what they believe is right.

Arcilla, R.O. (2014, May 27). The Mabini Reef. Malaya Business Insight, pp. B4, B7.