2012-04-25, 06:40 | Link #47 |
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http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04...nalize-dispute
So, it's like we're Georgia having to face Russia, and we're being told as though my country is being made out more as a domestic helper.
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2012-04-25, 06:52 | Link #48 | |
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2012-04-25, 07:36 | Link #50 | ||
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Right before a planned military exercise with the US? Sending the biggest ship of the NAVY against fisherman? The US is already there. Whether they get their hand dirty is another story. I am not sure what the logic of some of the members are. Clearly, the Diaoyu Dao(Senkaku) is closer to mainland China or Taiwan than to Japan. China claims Daiyu. Wrong! China claims Scarborough shoal. Wrong again! Oh, well.
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2012-04-25, 08:36 | Link #51 | |
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Uh so what is with that nitpicking?
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The general view is the China, despite having tons of natural resources on its large landmass, still wants to claim outlying islands for the natural gas. Given their military strength, the SEA nations are naturally spooked, and whoever is closest to the islands China is attempting to claim, makes the counterclaim. Also, geographically Scarborough is closer to Zambales, a Filipino province than Hainan or maybe Taiwan. Meanwhile, the US and them are spending more and more on military to counter each other, and India gets spooked too and starts building a long range missile, Iran and North Korea uses China's rise as a mountain to lean against.....at the expense of the world economy. China's response to Philippines-US exercise as a provocation reminds me of what I have heard on Sunday at the coffeeshop between two China "expatriates" in the opposite table : they were talking about the standoff over the island and were calling the Filipinos "a country that can't export anything but maids". Of course, they stopped short at insulting the local Chinese calling them "Chinese not to be considered as Chinese" and quickly left. As much as their presence is a norm, life certainly starts to change with them........sooner or later the local Chinese anywhere within the SEA would be lumped together with them and lynched without recourse. Even the potato eating ones.
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2012-04-25, 08:46 | Link #52 | |
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2012-04-25, 08:55 | Link #53 | |
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Sometimes I wonder if there is a huge secret organisation that runs the world into this state; the last century, we fought 2 major wars and there was a huge technological run-up that propelled us into a place where we have never been before, space. Maybe this time, we might reach Mars after China and US finished fighting with the Mideast and start a Cold War between themselves. Last century was Europe. This century is either SEA or the Mideast. I hope it is the Mideast. I don't want to get recalled again.
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2012-04-26, 00:00 | Link #57 |
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If only we can deal with international politics by trolling it through like internet...
Then Philipines firstly only need to put the claim on Hainan island as part of their territories. Then after going through decades of swearing and strawman-ing each others, agree to settle with Scarborogh Reef in exchange for China's right in claiming Hainan.... Peacefully solved.
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2012-04-26, 00:16 | Link #58 | |
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2012-04-26, 01:42 | Link #59 | |
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