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2012-09-05 China-Japan-Koreas

Japan to bring Senkaku Islands under state control

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Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-09-05 11:30|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Japan seems to be determined to get back onto the regional stage.

Posted by DarthVader 2012-09-05 13:17|| 2012-09-05 13:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Anyone remember "The Japan That Can Say No"? When the Japanese thought they could cozy up to the Chinese and kick the Americans out?

Posted by gromky 2012-09-05 14:39|| 2012-09-05 14:39|| Front Page Top

#3 D *** NG IT, ... and I'm still low on Popcorn!?

* ION DAILY TIMES.PK > CHINA WARNS US NOT TO TAKE SIDES IN SEA DISPUTE.

RELATED SAME > CHINA WARNS AGZ [US] INTERVENTION AS CLINTON VISITS ASIA.

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > JAPAN'S ILLEGAL MOVES [on Daoyus = Senkakus] WILL BE IN VAIN | CHINA WARNS/CAUTIONS JAPAN ON ISLAND DISPUTES.

CHINA = Japan must make no further infringement on Chinese sovereignty.

* SAME > PLA [led] DIPLOMACY TO EASE TENSIONS | DEFENCE MINISTRY SPEARHEADS KEY MISSION IN ASIA, vee India + ASEAN.

* TOPIX > US OWES CHINA CONVINCING EXPLANATION OF TRUE INTENTIONS OF ASIA PIVOT POLICY.

* Also from TOPIX > CHINA [literally]HAS THE PHILIPPINES ON THE ROPES, as per its quiet blocking of access/entrance into Scarbrough Shoal's [PHIL = Panatag Shoal-Reef, China = Huangyan Island]fish-rich interior lagoon wid a very very long Rope or Rope-n-Chain, etc. Buoy.

IOW, while China openly calls for a mutual diplomatic solution to its sovereignty dispute wid the Philippines, at the same time it is de facto denying Philippine fishing boats + Coast Guard, etc. formal access to the shoal. CHINA IS EFFEC WARNING THE PHILIPPINES SUBTLY THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO CUT THEIR ROPE BUOY INVITES RISK OF A CHINESE MILITARY RESPONSE, + REGARDLESS OF US SUPPORT FOR MANILA.

Also, China has allegedly kept three Maritime Surveillance ships in the area contrary to MSM-Net + Diplomatic rhetoric.

* SAME, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > VIETNAM CLAIMS [slams] SOUTH CHINA SEA OIL BLOCK, DEMANDS BIDDING [by China = CNOOC] STOP.

* WAFF > CHINA AIMS 200 MISSLES AT TAIWAN: MND, as per Taiwan's own "Chinese Military Power Report 2012".

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA CONFIRMS TAKEOVER OF GWADAR PORT: REPORT.

RELATED SAME > CHINA AGREES TO RUN PAKISTAN PORT: REPORT.

China is also repor offering to build a new deep-water port for Bangladesh.
> DF-21D ASBMS - anti-USN/NIMITZ-class CVNS.
> DF-31A ICBMS - Strategic nukes, agz CONUS-NORAM + ALLIED. DF-41 MIRV ICBMS???
> New "road-mobile" land-based DF-16 MBMS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-09-05 19:50|| 2012-09-05 19:50|| Front Page Top

#4 OOOOPPSIES, forgot CHINA DAILY FORUM > "WHAT IFF JAPAN CLAIMED HAWAII"?

Chinese philanthropist Chen Guangbian's Ad in the NYT as per the China-Japan disputed Daoyu Islands.

IMO the ad should more correctly be termed "What iff China claimed Hawaii"?

Or even GUAM = GUAM-CNMI, as per the Chinese sailor "Coco" [Cocos Island] whom was repor already here on Guam when European explorers first arrived???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-09-05 20:14|| 2012-09-05 20:14|| Front Page Top

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