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| Filipino protesters land on disputed island in South China Sea |
| 2015-12-27 |
| ht to Wretchard T. Cat on FB A group of Filipino protesters has landed on a disputed Philippine-held island in the South China Sea, a local government official said on Sunday, in a risky expedition that may trigger a strong reaction from China. can't Preznit Zero just enjoy his Hawaiian Holiday without you meddling kids stirring things up? About 50 protesters, most of them students, reached Pagasa island in the Spratly archipelago on Saturday in a stand against what they say is Beijing's creeping invasion of the Philippine exclusive economic zone, said Eugenio Bito-onon, the island's mayor. "The 'freedom voyage' arrived at about 8:30 a.m. on Saturday from Balabac island on a motor launch," Bito-onon told Reuters, adding the protesters left southern Palawan on Thursday in fine weather to make the long sea crossing. China claims almost all the South China Sea, believed to have huge deposits of oil and gas, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims on the strategic waters. Describing their expedition as a "a patriotic voyage", the protesters, led by an ex-marine captain, planned to camp on Pagasa for three days in a symbolic act of defiance against China. "We encourage the highest leadership of the country to inform the people correctly without sugar coating the truth about Chinese invasion of our exclusive economic zone," the protesters said in a post on Facebook. Government and military officials had tried to prevent the group from sailing to the disputed waters, citing security and safety reasons after a storm in the South China Sea earlier this month. The Philippines was also concerned about China's reaction to trip as Manila has been trying to calm tensions heightened by Beijing's rapid expansion in the South China Sea - building seven artificial islands in the disputed waters. The Philippines has challenged Beijing before the arbitration court in The Hague, a case Beijing has not recognized. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #4 Personally I blame "REY" [Reia] from STAR WARS-THE FORCE AWAKENS. D *** NG IT, WOMAN, DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE KIDS + FEMALES LIGHT-SABERS! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-27 23:37 |
| #3 ION South China Sea this wet Guam AM ... * JAPAN TIMES > ARMED CHINESE SHIP [1 of 3 ea. China CG?] INFILTRATES WATERS OFF SENKAKUS, JAPAN COAST GUARD SAYS. * RELATED TWITTER > CHINA PATROLS JAPANESE WATERS IN EAST CHINA SEA. * Also from TWITTER > CHINA IMPERIOUS: AFTER SOUTH CHINA SEA, YELLOW SEA + EAST CHINA SEA WILL BE CHINA'S PRIVATE LAKES!? | Telegraph.UK] BEJING LAYS CLAIM TO SOUTH KOREAN WATERS. * FINANCIAL TIMES > JAPAN GROWS AN ISLAND TO CHECK CHINA'S PLANS. * ZERO HEDGE > JAPAN PREPARES MISSLE BLOCKADE IN EAST CHINA SEA [circa 200 Islands, Islets, + Reefs-Shoals] TO HALT CHINA'S "MARITIME AGGRESSION". * SAME > [Repost = ZH News Artic dated 11/17/2015] CHINA HAS RIGHT TO SEIZE [disputed] NEIGHBORING ISLANDS, OFFICIAL SAYS. NOT necessarily in just the South China Sea from the PH andor VN, etc. * CHINAMIL [PLA Daily OL] EXPERT: AMERICAN BOMBER ENTERS SOUTH CHINA SEA WID [Beijing's = China's] PERMISSION. US has over-stepped its authority + China will NOT accept it. * WORLD MILITARY FORUM > YOMIURI SHIMBUN: DECLASSIFIED COLD WAR DOCUMENTS DENOTES THAT IFF NO SOVIET-CHINESE SPLIT HAD OCCURRED, COMMUNIST CHINESE CONTROL OF TAIWAN COULD HAD LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL ISOLATION OF JAPAN BY SOVIET SUBMARINES, THE STRATEGIC PULLOUT OF US FORCES FROM EAST ASIA, + THE INCREASED DEPLOYMENT OF SOVIET NAVY MISSLE AND ATTACK SUBMARINES TO THE SOUTHERN OCEANS. * WORLD NEWS > [Sputnik News] "EQUAL RIVALS"? CHINA MAY PUSH OUT US AS THE [World's] SOLE SUPERPOWER. However, as per God + 1960's-1970's Guam Taotamonas, CHINA HAS TO TAKE GUAM, ETAL. PACIFIC ISLANDS FIRST. GUAM won't "capsize" = sink like the Pearl Harbor USN Battleship USS Oklahoma, + the US won't be a DE FACTO "WEAK-N-DECLINING" [Self] RETREATING-CROSS-THE-PACIFIC-TOWARDS-EASTPAC-N-CONUS DYING SUPERPOWER??? THE US MAY STILL EXIST BUT NO LONGER AS A SUPERPOWER OR EVEN OWG CO-SUPERPOWER. Hence China has ... * STRATEGYPAGE > THE CHINESE GUAM ATTACK FORCE + THE CHINESE PLAN FOR ABSORBING NORTH KOREA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-27 23:32 |
| #2 As per the MSM-NET, CHINA = has repor demanded at China-SOKOR bilateral talks that SOKOR give up a large part of its claimed EEZ in the Yellow Sea. Won't be too long before JAPAN gets the same "request" from "US-style/par" OWG Co-Superpower CHINA. * WORLD NEWS, TOPIX > [Sputnik News] CHINA ASCENDANT, GROWING COMFORTABLE INTO NEW [Co-Superpower?] SUPERPOWER ROLE. Lest we fergit, China is a member of the "Nuclear Club" + was already considered a Nuclear Superpower during the US-Soviet Cold War, since the mid-1960's + POTUS Nixon's China visit = "Ping-Pong Diplomacy". [TOM HANKS = TEAM USA MEMBER "FORREST GUMP" STEALS A POST-PEKING/NIXON US ARMY PING-PONG PADDLE + RUNS AWAY here]. * SAME > JAPAN BUILDS A MAGINOT LINE IN THE SEA/EAST CHINA SEA. Tokyo plans to construct a line of Anti-China, AADS + ASBM Batteries, etc. on various Nippon-held islands. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-27 19:44 |
| #1 If a storm comes US forces from Subic Bay will be close enough to rescue in plenty of time, let the kids have their fun. What? When? WTF? Never mind. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-12-27 16:00 |