The western countries just want to take advantage of China.

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2119046/xi-trump-sign-trade-deals-worth-us280-billion-sources

The USA signed US$253b trade deals with China during Trump's visit.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain/britains-may-gets-9-billion-pounds-in-china-deals-xi-promises-to-build-on-golden-era-idUSKBN1FM0G2

The UK signed 9B pounds of trade deals with China during May's visit.

Thereafter, US & UK stirred up the South China Sea tension after they've got the trade deals by propagating FON (freedom of navigation).

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/13/britain-to-sail-warship-through-disputed-south-china-sea

We did comment on FON previously in our postings.

https://sg-stock.blogspot.sg/2017/10/the-usa-is-doomed-to-fail-in-its-asia.html

https://sg-stock.blogspot.sg/2017/01/lets-stop-harping-on-south-china-sea.html

This is the characteristic of the western countries.  They always want to take advantage of Asia for their own benefits.

How long does ASIA want to endure?