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2011-03-15 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by tu3031 2011-03-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 By way of the DAOYUS = SENKAKUS???

At this stage, I don't see this offshore Cutter being able to do anything more than loiter + search e.g. MIYAGI's roughly 8000 missing-n-presumed-dead residents, or other.

IMO Beijing should've sent minima 2-4 of their larger, multi-use PLAN vessels.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-03-15 01:44|| 2011-03-15 01:44|| Front Page Top

#2 It's not the actual usefulness of the vessel. It's that China is doing foreign missions at all. The fact that they're giving Japan an almost useless vehicle is a slap, and the fact that China is showing the flag in Japanese waters is a matter of great pride. Chinese still hate the Japanese for WWII, it might have happened yesterday.

Posted by gromky 2011-03-15 07:47|| 2011-03-15 07:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Intelligence gathering and show of flag only. China's attitude is "what is China's is China's, and what is yours is negotiable." Less on the front pages, I imagine China will take the opportunity to assert control over more islands disputed with Japan.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-03-15 09:07|| 2011-03-15 09:07|| Front Page Top

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