nhk's senior split commentator sat down for a 2016 outlook with a top arab advissia adviser to house.ere is part 2 of that interview. >> how will china react to the criticism from neighboring countries? >> i think the situation in the south china sea is going to be a situation of what i call a slow boil. it's a pot of water on the stove that gradually gets hotter and hotter. most of the actors in east asia right now are trying to cool things down. but there will be isolated provocations and actions. i see no indication that the chinese are interested in real dialogue. i see no indication that they're going to back away from these very substantial artificial islands that they have built in the south china sea. so i don't see that issue having a positive trajectory. last year was the first time the u.s. sent a ship within the 12 nautical mile zone around the island. but why did the u.s. do that? the u.s. did that because china was adopting an increasingly assertive posture through its very active land reclamation activities. the u.s. strategy toward china is to encourage china's rise in