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2012-07-25 Southeast Asia
Vietnam, Philippines slam China garrison plan
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Posted by Steve White 2012-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 See also DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > TAIWAN TO SHIP ARTILLERY, MORTARS TO SPRATLYS [Taiping Island].

Until the day when Beijing does de facto re-unify and achieves sovereign control oer Taiwan, IT WILL VIEW TAIWAN + ASEAN NATIONS AS PROXIES FOR THE US = US-WEST.

Lest we fergit, CHINESE PERTS-MILBLOGGERS > argue that Taiwan is actually a territory of the US by Adverse Possession by virtue of its handover to the US by Japan after Japan's surrender in WW2, + then later by Taiwan not being turned over by the US to Chiang Kai-Shek + Kuomintang/Nationalist China before or during the post-1945 Chinese Civil War agz Mao Zedong [ aka Mao Tse-tung] + his Commies???

IOW, TAIWAN MAY BE SENDING ITS MIL ASSSETS TO THE SPRATLYS, BUT FOR WHOM?

versus

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > US MISSLE SHIELD TO ENCIRCLE CHINESE ECONOMIC TIGER.

* WORLD NEWS > CHINA SURE TO OPPOSE [Japan]SENKAKUS PLAN. Incorporation of Disputed Islands into Tokyo Metro = akin to effec Nationalization by Japan.

* SAME > PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT [Aquino] WON'T BACK DOWN FROM TERRITORIAL DISPUTE WID CHINA, [plans to] BOLSTER MILITARY.

PHIL STAR = AQUINO: PHILIPPINES ISN'T BACKING OFF [down] IN WEST PHILIPPINES SEA.

* TOPIX > [Real Clear Politics] CHINA ITCHING FOR FIGHT WITH JAPAN.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Philippines = Dept. of Foreign Affairs] DFA: CHINESE BOATS [+ Barriers]BLOCKING PHILIPPINE VESSELS FROM PANATAG SHOAL.

PHIL DFA Under-Secretary Erlinda Basilio:
> China has set up barriers or obstacles to Panatag's fish-rich inner lagoon using long fishing nets, wires, + old crafts.
> CHINA HAS SEEMING RENEGED ON ITS PRIOR COMMITMENT TO REMOVE BARRIER + WITHDRAW ITS SHIPS FROM INSIDE THE SHOAL.

* SAME > PHILIPPINE STAR = CHINA EYES AIRSTRIP NEAR [PHIL-controlled]PAG-ASA ISLAND, i.e. on Subi Reef 12 nautical miles away.

* WORLD MIL FORUM > LUO YUAN: CHINA MUST DEVEL`OP EFFECTIVE GROUND, AEROSPACE, + BALLISTIC MISSLE DEFENSES FOR THREE NEW "SASHIS" IN SOUTH CHINA SEA, NOT JUST NAVAL.

* TOPIX > NATIONS AT IMPASSE OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA, INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP [ICG = think-tank] WARNS.

* RELATED SAME > CHINA'S NEWEST CITY RAISES THREAT OF CONFLICT IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > PSYCHOLOGICAL VICTORY FOR CHINA [e.g. South China Sea disputes] MAY LEAD FROM BLOCKADE TO WIDER ANNEXATION.

A harder Govt. line from Beijing, wid high poten for unilateral LAND-GRABBINESS.

IOW, an INTOLERANT, MILPOL AGGRESSIVE OR BELLIGERENT NUCLEAR CHINA + PLA.

No more "SOFT POWER/DIPLOMACY" or "CLAIM-SHARING/JOINT-NESS", ETC. - D *** NG IT, iff Youse all have something to say, TELL IT TO THE PLA!
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-07-25 01:34||   2012-07-25 01:34|| Front Page Top

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