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2011-01-05 China-Japan-Koreas

S. Korea, Japan 'Seek 1st-Ever Military Pact'

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Posted by Steve White 2011-01-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 BEIJING = CHINA should be real titillated about..

* PEOPLES DAILY > JAPAN OPEN TO TALKS WITH NORTH KOREA [this year]: FOREIGN MINISTER [SEijii Maehara].

* SAME > CHINA'S ANTI-CARRIER MISSLE [DF-21's] NOY YET EFFECTIVE: ANALYSTS [US Navy = ONI]. The Navy considers the DF-21 ASBMS as a "WORKING DESIGN" ONLY THAT WILL NEED SEVERAL MORE YEARS OF DEV, IMPROVEMENT TO BECOME A TRUE THREAT TO US CARRIERS.

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* SAME > WHY CHINA IS STILL ANXIOUS?

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > WATCH OUT FOR RUSSIA'S "WILD CARD" IN ASIA-PACIFIC.

ARTIC = Iff Russia fails to secure its Far east, it will likely LOSE EVERYTHING THERE TO CHINA IN TIME, THE KEY TO CONTROL OF EURASIA IS CONTROL OF ITS WEST, SOUTH, + EAST ASIA REGIONS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-01-05 01:15|| 2011-01-05 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Pragmatically, CHINA may move into the DPRK + elsewhere due to...

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > CHINA MAKES GAIN IN BATTLE AGZ DESERTIFICATION, BUT HAS A LONG FIGHT AHEAD [Over 1/4 of China is environ degraded + slowly turning into DESERT, China may need up to 300 Years to recover lost or damaged lands].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-01-05 01:27|| 2011-01-05 01:27|| Front Page Top

#3 China may need up to 300 Years to recover lost or damaged lands

Israel has successful experience in that area...

Posted by trailing wife 2011-01-05 07:29|| 2011-01-05 07:29|| Front Page Top

#4 I bet China didn't count on this. Good to see it.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-01-05 11:11|| 2011-01-05 11:11|| Front Page Top

#5 One bad multi-year drought, and the world will see the Chinese Army moving north and south to "reconnect lost pieces of China to the Chinese homeland" again. It worked for them in Tibet and on the border with India, so they will recycle the rationale.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-01-05 13:31|| 2011-01-05 13:31|| Front Page Top

#6 They're not getting married, they're arranging how to deal with the nutcase on the block.

Strange bedfellows, though.

Posted by mojo 2011-01-05 15:56|| 2011-01-05 15:56|| Front Page Top

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