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Youn certainly deserves every attention china gives to them for being a hypocrite for its own expansionism in Cambodia.
Jan 09, 2016 03:02 AM
Reply to this commentThe article's coverage is good. China is claiming most of the 1 million Sq. Miles of the South China Sea as it's territory with no historical claim for it. Half of the world's trade passing through it and most of Australia's trade. Very expansionist of China. It claims low elevation atols as land territory after building them up with dredging of sand and dumping concrete to build reinforced forts with hardened harbours, communications upgraded and some military grade airfields that can take bombers and fighter planes. This extends China's reach from Hainan Island by 1000km. It uses it's "3 warfares of psychological, media and legal to mask and confuse these strategic moves. These illlegal artificial islands not accepted as islands under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea are bases for force projection and interdiction for the Chinese military. The aim is to deny access of US and allied forces and challenge the Primacy of the US in the region. This would threaten the sovereignty of nations in the Indo Pacific including Australia. A loyal US Ally. The Taiwan elections in about a week and China's claim on controlling Taiwan's sovereignty could be a trigger point for a regional war. Most of Asia and the Indo Pacific do not want to be controlled by a Communist Superpower. We must all make a choice to not sell off our values and security to China and keep our alliances and freedom secure. China may make aggressive moves between now and the end of the US Presidential Elections.
Jan 09, 2016 12:21 AM
Reply to this commentThe article's coverage is good. China is claiming most of the 1 million Sq. Miles of the South China Sea as it's territory with no historical claim for it. Half of the world's trade passing through it and most of Australia's trade. Very expansionist of China. It claims low elevation atols as land territory after building them up with dredging of sand and dumping concrete to build reinforced forts with hardened harbours, communications upgraded and some military grade airfields that can take bombers and fighter planes. This extends China's reach from Hainan Island by 1000km. It uses it's "3 warfares of psychological, media and legal to mask and confuse these strategic moves. These illlegal artificial islands not accepted as islands under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea are bases for force projection and interdiction for the Chinese military. The aim is to deny access of US and allied forces and challenge the Primacy of the US in the region. This would threaten the sovereignty of nations in the Indo Pacific including Australia. A loyal US Ally. The Taiwan elections in about a week and China's claim on controlling Taiwan's sovereignty could be a trigger point for a regional war. Most of Asia and the Indo Pacific do not want to be controlled by a Communist Superpower. We must all make a choice to not sell off our values and security to China and keep our alliances and freedom secure. China may make aggressive moves between now and the end of the US Presidential Elections.
Jan 09, 2016 12:05 AM
Reply to this commentIf there is a war it would be bad for the region and the world. These artificial islands are sitting ducks against cruse missiles. It takes minutes to destroy airfields and installations but it takes weeks or months to build back up due to lack of supplies. So these installations become useless in the first hour of war.
The Communist can puff and huff now, but that what would happen if the U.S got into war with the Chinese.
Jan 11, 2016 03:05 PM
The formula for winning is "Big." Big in military which China has. Big in economic which China has. The big guy always wins, that's the reality. The biggest challenge for smaller claimants is to agree to form a block to hold off China while the giant U.S playing referee on the sideline, ready to assist. Occasionally the U.S can threaten to penalize the one doesn't play by the rule, mostly the Chinese. This is a win win for the U.S.
Jan 09, 2016 04:30 PM
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