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2015-07-22 China-Japan-Koreas

Ret General Says China Could Reclaim Disputed South China Sea Reef From Philippines 'By Force'

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 ION GMA NEWS > CHINA WARNS PHILIPPINES ON SHIP REPAIR, CALLS COUNTRY A "TROUBLE-MAKER".

* GMA NEWS > JAPAN DEMANDS CHINA HALT OIL [Oil-Gas] EXPLORATION TO PART OF EAST CHINA SEA.

Japan is worried that Chinese drills could penentrate into reservoirs = Oil-Gas fields which extend into Japanese territory.

Beijing would like take this opportunity to once again politely kindly inform Japan that it has Nukes, while Japan does NOT.

As for the PH + Vietnam, ASEAN ...

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Xinhua] [Panel of 12 ea.] EXPERTS HIRED IN SANSHA [offshore province = SCS] TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENT, URBAL PLANNING.

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > SINA MILITARY: CHINA SHOULD FOLLOW FRANCE'S LEAD, NOT RUSSIA'S IN DEVELOPING FUTURE NUCLEAR-POWERED SUPER-AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. THE FNS CV "CHARLES DE GAULLE" AS AN EXAMPLE OF HISTORICAL POTENT FRENCH LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD OF EUROPEAN NAVAL NUCLEAR ENGINEERING/POWERPLANT PROPULSION.

The DE GAULLE'S finicky propellers notwithstanding.

* SAME > CHINA SHIPBUILDING GROUP'S PLANS TO BUILD A 500,000-TONNE, INTER-CHANGEABLE FLOATING ISLAND, CAPABLE OF HANDLING UP TO 200 AIRCRAFT AND VARIOUS TYPES OF MILITARY-CIVILIAN SHIPS, ETC.
FLOATING "GROUP(S) OF ISLANDS".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-07-22 02:44|| 2015-07-22 02:44|| Front Page Top

#2 OOOPPSSS, forgot GUAM KUAM > [US Army THAAD] MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEM COILD BE PERMANENTLY STATIONED.

Unless of course, Anti-US US OWG Globalist POTUS Obama + aligned, or his similar post-Jan 2017 POTUS successor, hands over Guam-CNMI-WESTPAC = 1/2 of the Pacific [Hawaii?]to be OWG Co-Superpower China's "Sphere of Influence"???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-07-22 02:51|| 2015-07-22 02:51|| Front Page Top

#3 ...I got a bad feeling about this. Back in the day, comments like this were warnings, and the bad guys acted based on our responses. Since there's not likely to be a response...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-07-22 05:24|| 2015-07-22 05:24|| Front Page Top

#4 How do you 'reclaim' something that was an uninhabited reef? For claims see - 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-07-22 09:27|| 2015-07-22 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 As per CNN AM, China is defending its right to explore for Oil-Gas in its East China Sea domain.

* MANILA TIMES > [Japan displays proofs of 15 ea.] "CHINESE DRILLING RIGS IN DISPUTED WATERS, of the East China Sea.

* BIGNEWSNETWORK > CHINA SAYS JAPAN'S MALICIOUS [+ "Misleading"] DEFENCE REVIEW WILL IMPAIR/HARM PEACE, STABILITY IN ASIA-PACIFIC.

* SAME > [New USN PACFLT Chief ADM. Scott Harris] US COMMANDER WARNS CHINA ON EXERCISING RIGHT SIN SOUTH CHINA SEA | US VOWS TO PROTECT FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION, MAINTAIN ROUTINE PATROLS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.

* RELATED WORLD NEWS > [Sputnik] BEIJING WARNS US OF DANGERS OF SPYING IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.

* SAME > [Sputnik] AMERICAN DIPLOMAT DENIES US NEUTRALITY IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.

Daniel Russell, AsstSecState for East Asia + Pacific Affairs.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > WHY CHINA IS APPREHENSIVE ABOUT JAPAN'S ENTRY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA [disputes] | [Interaksyon.com] THE JAPANESE MINDSET: NOT A PUPPET OF THE AMERICANS [Nor Anyone else includ China?].

* SAME > PLA SIMULATES SIEGE ON TAIWAN'S PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE, via on-going PLA MILEX/MILOP "Stride-15 Zhuride C].

The Deadly-but-Motherly PLA Airborne + SPECOPS.

* SAME > JAPAN BLAZES TRAIL FOR US ARMY: COASTAL DEFENSE ["Archipelago Defense"] VS. CHINA.

Japan Govt-SDF not interested in attacking or invading China, but does desire to defend or mil protect northern part of what China labels its "First Island Chain", i.e. JSDF to defend the Japanese home isles per se + Taiwan + Philippines down to near upper Indonesia.

BOTH CHINA + JAPAN PUTTING UP THEIR OWN COMPETING "GREAT WALLS" OF COASTAL + NATIONAL DEFENSE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-07-22 22:14|| 2015-07-22 22:14|| Front Page Top

#6 OOOPPS, forgot CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > 500,000-TON CHINESE MOBILE ISLAND [@6-8 Knots] FOR TOURISM + OIL EXPLORATION LOGISTICS.

Wink-wink.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-07-22 22:17|| 2015-07-22 22:17|| Front Page Top

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