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2003-11-13 East Asia

Oil-hungry ChiComs makes moves on Spratlys

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Posted by Alaska Paul in Emmonak 2003-11-13 12:33:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 " World War for Oil! "

Posted by Charles 2003-11-13 12:45:09 AM|| 2003-11-13 12:45:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 World war for FREE oil.

Posted by Leigh 2003-11-13 12:58:10 AM|| 2003-11-13 12:58:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Here's the almost funny part, our NGS (national geology service) says there isn't much oil to be gained in the Spratly's, yet the Chinese say their own geological service believes theres almost as much oil as Saudi Arabia. Soooo who do we believe hmmm?

Posted by Val 2003-11-13 3:01:04 AM|| 2003-11-13 3:01:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Technicly, the Phillipines is Chinese territory, if you believe some of them. The "Middle Kingdon" syndrome, which holds, among other things, that China has a historical claim on most of south and east Asia, is not to be ignored.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-11-13 8:15:23 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-11-13 8:15:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The "Middle Kingdon" syndrome, which holds, among other things, that China has a historical claim on most of south and east Asia, is not to be ignored.

The slavering apologists for China who make up most Western historians have mistranslated China's name for itself - zhong guo - literally, it means Middle Kingdom, but the true connotation is closer to Central Empire.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-11-13 10:09:13 AM|| 2003-11-13 10:09:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 "show that a Chinese frigate and an ocean research ship were moored at Mischief Reef,"

How appropriate.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-11-13 10:25:52 AM|| 2003-11-13 10:25:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 ...zhong guo - literally, it means Middle Kingdom, but the true connotation is closer to Central Empire.

Is that true, ZF? From my recollections, Britain is Ying guo (brave-guo, IIRC), the USA something-else-guo (beautiful-guo)... Don't all nations' names in Chinese end in guo?

Posted by Bulldog 2003-11-13 1:36:33 PM|| 2003-11-13 1:36:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 OK, Bulldog, I'll bite. What is the Chinese name for Somalia?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-11-13 4:22:05 PM|| 2003-11-13 4:22:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Somalia is just plain "goo".

Posted by Rafael 2003-11-13 6:13:50 PM|| 2003-11-13 6:13:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I think it's Mae-jaw-phuk-upp-guo. Can't remember the meaning in English.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-11-13 7:08:30 PM|| 2003-11-13 7:08:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 From the sound of it, Bulldog, I'd loosely translate it as "makes me up-chuck land"... 8^)

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-13 8:44:27 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-13 8:44:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 The Chinese aren't in the Spratlys just for the oil. Take a look at a chart, I mean, map. The islands are at a natural choke-point. Fits right in with Chuck's comments.

Posted by Pappy 2003-11-13 8:47:50 PM|| 2003-11-13 8:47:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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