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2005-04-13 China-Japan-Koreas

Japan Ups The Ante: Will Allow Drilling In 'Disputed' Area

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Posted by .com 2005-04-13 14:12|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Popcorn, anyone? ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-04-13 2:36:46 PM|| 2005-04-13 2:36:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't see this doing much. I think China will bitch and moan but they'll go ahead and let Japan do all the hard work of trying to find oil/gas.

Once Japan does find the deposits, a whole new game starts. Thats when I'll get the pop corn.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-04-13 2:58:20 PM|| 2005-04-13 2:58:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Time for Condi to start lining up a new alliance for a new century: US and Japan + Australia + Singapore + SKor and maybe even India. Serious technology and serious warriors. This, not NATO, should be our principal focus now.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-13 4:29:00 PM|| 2005-04-13 4:29:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Hmmm... There's solid food for thought in there and, indeed, the next century will feature the Pacific and, possibly, South America.

Posted by .com 2005-04-13 4:32:36 PM|| 2005-04-13 4:32:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Agreed .com the next 100 years will be a Pacific Century. Unlike Europe we have a Pacific coast.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-13 4:40:33 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-13 4:40:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Westward Ho

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-13 4:50:32 PM|| 2005-04-13 4:50:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 SPoD - lex called it, and did so long ago on RB, I'm just an acho, bro, heh.

Posted by .com 2005-04-13 4:55:20 PM|| 2005-04-13 4:55:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Duh - that's echo for the less typing-challenged. Sheesh.

Posted by .com 2005-04-13 4:55:57 PM|| 2005-04-13 4:55:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Beijing, however, claims its economic zone goes beyond that boundary, closer to Japan.

Bullshit. Split it right down the middle. Fair is fair.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-13 5:12:08 PM|| 2005-04-13 5:12:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Phase II now. Focus like the proverbial laser beam on the threat to the east. We're currently spending twice as much dilpomatic bandwidth (overall staff, resources, travel, time and attention) on Europe as on Asia. Should be the other way round.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-13 5:14:48 PM|| 2005-04-13 5:14:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 to # 3:

Foget about SKo. They are a bunch of cowards who will never fight.

Posted by Glereper Craviter7929 2005-04-13 8:41:38 PM|| 2005-04-13 8:41:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Fine. Japan and the Aussies offer plenty of guts technology and firepower. Add the Indian Navy and we're set.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-13 10:28:16 PM|| 2005-04-13 10:28:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I understand the Thais can be pretty rough bastards as well.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-13 10:28:46 PM|| 2005-04-13 10:28:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 I still want to know what happens when the demographics turn so much China's way in Siberia that attaching Siberia to China becomes a natural.

Posted by 3dc 2005-04-13 11:18:32 PM|| 2005-04-13 11:18:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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