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2015-03-19 China-Japan-Koreas

Korea, U.S. Inch Toward Open Discussion of THAAD

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Posted by Steve White 2015-03-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Barbs between SOKOR + China have been getting "testy", + wid implied or inferred threats by China agz SOKOR.

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* TOPIX > [KCNA] US ACCUSED OF TURNING SOUTH KOREA INTO WORLD'S BIGGEST NUCLEAR BASE.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [MDA.org] MILITARY ADVOCACY ALLIANCE: JAPAN TO DEFEND SOUTH KOREA [Navy] AEGIS SYSTEMS, iff saidsame AEGIS Sys are used by SOKOR to militarily defend Japan in time of crisis.

* WASHINGTON FREE BEACON > JAPAN RISING: TOKYO BUILDING UP MILITARY FORCES [+ Alliances] TO COUNTER CHINA.

* RUSSIA TODAY > CHINESE PREMIER LI KEQIANG CALLS 2015 A "TEST YEAR" FOR RELATIONS WID JAPAN.

Yuuup - Trade-n-Peace, versus War to decide whom will be East Asia's + any East Asian/Asian Union's #1.

* SAME > PHILIPPINES CALLS ANEW FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [UNO] TO PRESS FOR CHINESE CESSATION OF [massive = Island(s)]RECLAMATION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.

RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA'S LATEST EXPANSION TO DENY PHILIPPINE'S ACCESS TO AYUGIN SHOAL.

* WANT CHINA TIMES = ...
> US NAVY CAN BE DEFEATED BY CHINA, SAYS GLOBAL TIMES.
> CHINA CHALLENGING US-LED STATUS QUO IN ASIA.
> COULD ASIA-PACIFIC HAVE A "CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS" MOMENT, e.g. as due to Military Applications derived from Sino-Japan competition, Geopol rivalry vee use or sale of Advanced Spacetechs.

* RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > ABOUT 3/4 OF [surveyed] CHINESE BELIEVE THAT THIER MILITARY COULD BEAT BOTH THAT OF THE JAPAN + US | SPUTNIK INTERNATIONAL | MAJORITY OF CHINESE BELIEVE THEIR MILITARY COULD BEAT US + JAPAN.

* WORLD NEWS > [Dawn] CHINESE DESCEND ON PALAU [Belau] AS WANDERLUST DEEPENS. Locals overwhelmed.

Looks like the Pentagon's heart-rate is going up again - at least the Chinese are not YET in the former WW2 USN Fleet base of ULITHI ATOLL-LAGOON.

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > JAPAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OFFICIAL: CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER DIAOYU ISLANDS [Senkakus] REACHING "DANGEROUS" LEVELS/THRESHOLDS. NO SIGN OF COMPROMISE OR CONCESSION BY EITHER CHINA OR JAPAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-03-19 02:42|| 2015-03-19 02:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Tokyo is repor investigating alleged telephone death threats against Caroline Kennedy, aka She-whom-will-Save-China-n-Japan-from-War.

OR NOT, as any respite from Sino-Japan [US-vs-China?] war must still hinge on whether China will give up its desire to control or dominate East Asia + 1/2 or more of the Pacific by 2020 NLT 2025. THIS IS EXCLUSIVE OF ANY SO-CALLED "JAPAN/NUCLEAR JAPAN QUESTION" REGARDING NIPPON'S RETURN TO THE INTERNATIONAL OR GREAT POWER ARENA, TO INCLUDE AS NUKE-ARMED STATE.

* Lest we fergit, BENCHMARK/BASE YEAR 2018 > RUSSIA + CHINA = WAR AGZ THE USA IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT DESIRED.

The good news for Bammer-ian Amerika is that while post-Soviet Russia seems to prefer or lean towards Anti-US War taking place in the Year 2018 + after, CHINA OTOH SAW ITS ANTI-US WAR AS POSSIBLY OCCURRING EARLIER THAN 2018, I.E. NOW THRU 2018 OR 2020.

The above is one reason why the US-VS-CHINA competition and rivalry in the Pacific is poten much more dangerous than anything per Iran + Putinist Russia, as land-locked China must achieve its agenda of acquiring strategic access into the Far Pacific + IOR, etc. before US or US-leaning, Anti-China Regional allies get too strong.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-03-19 03:07|| 2015-03-19 03:07|| Front Page Top

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