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2011-06-16 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Fred 2011-06-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 ION SINA-NOT-XENA, WAFF > [StrategyPage]THE GROWING THREAT FROM CHINA. China tells the Philippines to halt any + all oil exploration in the Spratleys.

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Vietnam's response ...

* CHINESE MIL FORUM > VIETNAM SIGNS MILITARY ORDER [mil draft/conscription] AMID TENSION, wid China in South China Sea.

Vietnam PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

* TOPIX > VIETNAM REJECTS CHINA DEMAND TO HALT OIL EXPLORATION IN DISPUTED WATERS, ANNOUNCES LIVE-FIRE DRILL.

* SAME/WORLD NEWS > CHINA'S NAVY ATTEMPTS TO ATTEMPT SOVEREIGNTY IN DISPUTED WATERS.

* SAME/WORLD NEWS > VIETNAM TO CONTINUE OIL EXPLORATION DESPITE CHINA DISPUTE.

MIL FORUM POSTER = argues that iff the Philippines gets to rename the South China Sea as the "WEST PHILIPPINE SEA", then China gets the right to rename the Philippines as "SOUTH CHINA ISLANDS"???

All things equal, ambitious RISING CHINA needs to protect = "guarantee" its overseas Air-Sea-Space access vee the Malaccas, + Taiwan-Philippines maritime corridor into WESTPAC + SOPAC.

Moreover, its perceived "Manifest Destiny" as POST-US "SOLE" SUCCESSOR TO GLOBAL LEADERSHIP, + its curren label as World #2 [future World #1] Econ behind the "weakening/declining" USA, allows China to demand an larger = abnormal principal share of any dev of SCS-specific underwater resources.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-06-16 00:53|| 2011-06-16 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 "It was very scary -- the scariest thing I have encountered since I was born," said Chao,

Wussie. Rioting, arson, overturned police cars - it sounds like a typical basketball championship celebration.

Posted by SteveS 2011-06-16 09:31|| 2011-06-16 09:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Rioting, arson, overturned police cars - or festivities celebrating the Canucks' losing the Stanley Cup.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-16 12:10|| 2011-06-16 12:10|| Front Page Top

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