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2008-08-21 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Asia Times: China seeks Caucasian crisis windfall

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Posted by 3dc 2008-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Iff NUKE-ARMED RUSSIA does indeed demographic turn MAJORITY MUSLIM BY 2050 as many Perts believe, that is to CHINA's NATIONAL-REGIONAL SECURITY INTEREST AS PER UIGHUR, etc. UNREST- Ditto for the rest of NON-MUSLIM/ISLAMIST ASIA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-21 00:23|| 2008-08-21 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 WORLDNEWS > NEW WAYS OF DEMOCRATICIZING CHINA + CHINA WELCOMES THE WORLD TO ITS OLMYPICS WHILE TURNING AWAY ITS ETHNIC MINORITIES.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-21 00:38|| 2008-08-21 00:38|| Front Page Top

#3 COUNTERTERRRORISM BLOG > AUSTRALIA FACES A "ASIAN NUCLEAR THREAT". A major US withdrawal = redux in the Asia-Pacific Region may induce JAPAN to go Nukular, which in turn will induce CHINA, etc. TO ALSO GO NUKULAR TO COUNTER JAPAN, MAINLAND + PERIPHERAL NUKE ARMS RACE which in turn WILL THREATEN THE AUSSIES. CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR ISLAMISM ON ASIA-PACIFIC SPECIFIC GEOPOLS STILL UNCLEAR.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-21 03:21|| 2008-08-21 03:21|| Front Page Top

#4 With precedent set and accepted by Russia, China will need to invade Siberia to protect its oppressed Chinese citizens there.

And with Kazakh oil export lines to the west now all in the control of the Russians again, perhaps China will get good terms on building an export line to the east?

Posted by Glenmore 2008-08-21 12:31|| 2008-08-21 12:31|| Front Page Top

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