It seems that if the Chinese are coming out and threatening the Japanese with military action for moving their ships through waters that an International Court has said is not Chinese; this almost forces the Japanese to sail through them to force the point that these are international waters and that they will not be intimidated:
Satellite images of South China Sea taken show China’s construction of aircraft hangars on the disputed Spratly islands
Beijing is thought to have threatened Japan that it would launch military action if Tokyo pressed ahead with its stance on the South China Sea dispute. Chinese officials are reported to have conveyed the warning to a top-ranking Japanese official in June.
According to diplomatic sources, cited by Japan’s Kyodo news agency, China’s ambassador to Japan, Cheng Yonghua, told Japan that it would cross a “red line” if Japanese vessels took part in the so-called freedom of navigation operations launched by the US in the South China Sea. Cheng even went on to indicate that Beijing would not hesitate to take military action. This emerged only on Sunday, 21 August though the incident reportedly occurred in June. [IB Times]
South Korean forces scrambled fighter jets to escort three Chinese military planes after they entered an overlapping air defence zone. The Chinese aircraft are reported to have flown into the airspace on Thursday, 18 August near South Korea’s island of Jeju without alerting authorities in Seoul.
Looks like China is probing South Korea. Was that just to see how long it takes the ROK to respond, or to see if South Korea WOULD respond?
ChickenHead
7 years ago
America and Europe aren’t the only regions with serious financial, social, and structural problems that can’t be kicked down the road too much longer.
A nice world war really is the best thing for the ruling elite to reset many problems while refocusing local attention away from torches and pitchforks.
We can’t have nice wars until we get someone other than President Selfie McMomJeans and his disappearing red line pen into the White House. I do figure him for attempting to use a crisis to suspend the Constitution (and elections), however…
China filling the void of a weakening US…..
China filling international space with a lot of hot air.
Just let the Japanese sail through and see if the chinese will back up their words with action. It is their credibility at stake.
Chinese aircraft, including a bomber escorted away from South Korean ADZ:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/south-korea-scrambled-fighter-jets-after-3-chinese-military-planes-entered-air-defence-zone-1577311?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news&yptr=yahoo
Looks like China is probing South Korea. Was that just to see how long it takes the ROK to respond, or to see if South Korea WOULD respond?
America and Europe aren’t the only regions with serious financial, social, and structural problems that can’t be kicked down the road too much longer.
A nice world war really is the best thing for the ruling elite to reset many problems while refocusing local attention away from torches and pitchforks.
We can’t have nice wars until we get someone other than President Selfie McMomJeans and his disappearing red line pen into the White House. I do figure him for attempting to use a crisis to suspend the Constitution (and elections), however…