2009-12-22, 22:48 | Link #5181 |
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Heh.... Taiwan would be a great idea.... except that it would simply ignite the mainland -- and so far the "not resolved but resolved" psychosis keeps us all from shooting at each other over that.
Now that I think about it though.... the US and the mainland Chinese sharing base resources would be bizarre, but actually thinkable as the economic ties get tighter. Wow... I would have never even thought that only a few years ago. Shades of Firefly...
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2009-12-22, 23:14 | Link #5186 |
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Well the US and China have pretty much never agreed on anything since the 50's. Hilarious in the sense that a) It's almost never likely to happen in the next 50 years and b) Chinese citizens interacting with US servicemen.
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2009-12-23, 04:33 | Link #5188 | |
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There are some good moderate ones, but when it comes to their ultra-nationalist countrymen, they are a scourge to every country they visit and are truly downright pathetic. And most of them are in the top echelon of the government and military. Besides, the USMC has had exchange programs with the Chinese Marines for quite some time already since the 1990s. It is obvious that the USMC lost out to their Chinese counterparts in physical fitness due to their heavy reliance in techniques rather than physical skill. Korea is a sensitive issue for both sides, much more than Taiwan actually. And frankly speaking, I don't think US can ever have a base in the latter because Taiwan is quoted to be a territory of China. To set up a base there would be a good pretext to start a real war rather than a diplomatic conflict. Besides, the reason why the US base is there is as a force projection to its interests, mainly South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Southeast Asia. Their main "enemies" are China, North Korea, old USSR states, and to a small extent, Vietnam, Burma and Muslim countries hosting* terror groups like Jemaah Islamiah, e.g Indonesia and Malaysia. *Parasite-host relationship, not the mutual host-guest relationship.
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[In TAIPEI] Falungong people doing taiji at Shilin Food Street's carpark. [China tour group bus parks RIGHT OPPOSITE the Falungong] [Chinaman: 咱们不喜欢这些为非作歹的法轮功奸贼,公安!] (I don't like the sight of these Falungong ppl, where's security!?) [Chinawoman:台湾回归中国人民共和国吧!死东西,哪有这样的人,中华民国偷走台湾!] (Taiwan should return to the PRC! Damn ***, the Republic of China stole Taiwan!) And to think they're GUESTS in Taiwan. Quote:
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Of course, there was a recent case over here in which a China-woman participated in the CCP Parade and flashed her blue PR Singaporean IC. I have no qualms of her returning to China and being loyal to that land, but at least show my country some damned respect by destroying that blue card in private. Quote:
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But anywhere US has their bases, there is always their CIA and SIGINT. It neutralises, to a small extent, first strike capabilities while China hasn't launched an anti-GPS program.
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And I know what GP is. Don't think just because I'm a gaijin, I wouldn't know. It's a political essay for A-levels, right? Thank God I moved over back to Japan in S4. (and neatly avoided O-levels too) Quote:
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2009-12-23, 10:50 | Link #5192 |
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We people from Hong Kong don't like to be refereed to as coming from China because of that
@Saintlessheart I can understand your feelings about the Chinese in general, it differs for person to person as you said. You'll find alot of moderates with a healthy bit of patriotism and those ultra-nationalists you talk of. To the Base Topic on Hand: I sincerely doubt that Hatoyama is going to do anything soon. But if he isn't he must be more concise about it if he intends to help his approval ratings. The US will more than likely keep a base there, for whatever Chinese Invasion they're afraid of.
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2009-12-23, 11:21 | Link #5193 | |
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2009-12-23, 20:54 | Link #5195 | |
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And call me naive, but I just don't believe there is any so call threat in the pacific. I doubt China would attack anyone because they would probably have more to lose than gain from a war. And North Korea, never saw them as a huge threat that everyone makes it seem to be, the country is on the verge of collapse and their military are outdated and only has numbers. Also I just don't believe that they would want another war.
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2009-12-23, 21:07 | Link #5196 | ||
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Good grief. No... There are already enough gaijins in the city! But getting the land for building a base in the Tokyo area will be very hard. The expansion of Narita Airport had been delayed due to that reason, if I'm not mistaken, and that was just out in Chiba. Maybe tear down Tokyo Disneyland and using that land instead would be doable.
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2009-12-23, 22:13 | Link #5197 | |
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2009-12-23, 22:26 | Link #5198 | ||
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So, why not use that space, or better still, go to where they're moving?
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It seems that it was just past 12am here. Merry Christmas everyone.
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