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2012-02-16 China-Japan-Koreas

China to Invest $3 Billion in Nork Special Economic Zone

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Posted by Steve White 2012-02-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Build a pier, that you CAN use (Sometines) sounds like a stupid idea.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-02-16 02:16|| 2012-02-16 02:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, they've money to burn.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-02-16 06:59|| 2012-02-16 06:59|| Front Page Top

#3 The Chinese are simply (re)establishing claim to one of their 'historical' ~~feudal~~ satellite ~~kingdoms~~ lands.

Wonder how the Chinese would react to similar 'historical' claims from Ulan Bator

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-02-16 09:04|| 2012-02-16 09:04|| Front Page Top

#4 They'd offer to hold a vote on who gets to run the new Mongolian Empire, Pr2K.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-02-16 09:16|| 2012-02-16 09:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Find Genghis Kahns tomb first. I'm sure there's some artifact there for the Chinese Communists to conquer the world with. Oh wait, Indiana Jones V plot revealed!

Posted by Charles 2012-02-16 19:41|| 2012-02-16 19:41|| Front Page Top

#6 CHINA DAILY FORUM > VIETNAM PROTESTS CHINA'S EAST SEA FISHING BAN, from China'S East Sea aka Gulf of Tonkin/Sea of Vietnam, to the disputed Paracel Islands [ China = Xishas].

China asserting its "sovereignty rights" as per its declared East-South China Sea EEZ + "Continental Shelf" DIplomacy.

* TELEGRAPH.UK > US MUST RESPECT CHINA'S INTERESTS, XI JINPING WARNS IN WASHINGTON SPEECH.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > $110.0 YUAN [US$17.50] FOR A GLASS OF MILK IN CHINA [Hainan Island trourist restaurant].

* SAME > CHINA BUYS UP SAUDI, RUSSIAN OIL TO SQUEEZE IRAN, i.e. influence Sino-Iranian negotiations for discounted = cheaper Iran oil.

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > CHINA DEFENCE BUDGET SET TO DOUBLE BY 2015 [2011-2015], i.e. Regionally more than 2X that of all ASEAN States + Japan according to Jane's US-based IHS Global Research Group.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-02-17 00:00|| 2012-02-17 00:00|| Front Page Top

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