China on the rise!

[uls]

hahaha

well, we have private companies that can build things fast coz they got capital to buy their way thru obstacles. human obstacles

[vinj]

hahaha

well, we have private companies that can build things fast coz they got capital to buy their way thru obstacles. human obstacles

Yes, those human obstacles are the biggest to hurdle. Just this December, we had two documents up for signature by one guy. Both documents are almost the same but concern two different projects. He signed one and left the other on his table just because he felt like it. Bastard.

[donbuggy]

Sea of Troubles: Asia Today Compared to Europe Before World War I | TIME.com

By Ishaan Tharoor Feb. 01, 2013

Despite no one wanting to see conflict in Asia, the ranks of doomsayers and worrywarts seem to grow by the day. The specter haunting the continent is that of China’s geo-political rise. Governments near and far are watching warily as the budding nondemocratic superpower asserts itself on the international stage, tacitly challenging a Pax Americana that has existed since 1945. Some countries are already locked in combustible disputes with Beijing: the region’s waters have been roiled in recent years by standoffs over barren islands to China’s south and east; Chinese relations with Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines all soured as a result.

The climate of tensions is thick enough to have drawn comparisons to a perilous moment a century ago. In separate opinion pieces this week, two former Asian foreign ministers likened Asia now to pre–World War I Europe, then strung together by a tangle of imperial enmities and alliances. The South China Sea — a pivotal, strategic body of water that China considers its “internal lake,” much to the ire of its neighbors — is, like the Balkans a hundred years ago, the supposed tinderbox that could spark a larger regional conflagration, if not a full-fledged war. Here’s Kevin Rudd, former Australian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister:

"Like the Balkans a century ago, riven by overlapping alliances, loyalties and hatreds, the strategic environment in East Asia is complex. At least six states or political entities are engaged in territorial disputes with China, three of which are close strategic partners of the United States."

The perceived decline of Washington’s Pacific supremacy, at least set against China’s growing power, forms the backdrop to all the festering territorial disputes. The rules of the game are changing in the region and the uncertainty that creates raises the risk of confrontation. Yoon Young-kwan, a former South Korean Foreign Minister, points to another early 20th century parallel:

"Back then, Great Britain’s relative power was in decline, while Germany’s had been rising since unification in 1871. Similarly, at least in terms of economic capability, the United States and Japan seem to have begun a process of decline relative to China. Major power shifts define eras in which key political leaders are likely to make serious foreign policy mistakes. Poor management of international relations at such critical junctures has often led to major wars."

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Sea of Troubles: Asia Today Compared to Europe Before World War I | TIME.com

The perceived decline of Washington’s Pacific supremacy, at least set against China’s growing power, forms the backdrop to all the festering territorial disputes.

Thanks in a BIG part to the Filipino Fools who got rid of the US bases.

[Boy Bastos]

The radar lock that a Chinese frigate put on a Japanese warship was “dangerous”, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday, as tensions in a territorial row heightened further.

China radar-lock on Japan ship ‘dangerous’

May sayad talaga mga Chinese ngayon. Ibang level na yung "radar lock". Mukhang gusto talaga ng confrontation 'tong PLA.

[Altis6453]

May sayad talaga mga Chinese ngayon. Ibang level na yung "radar lock". Mukhang gusto talaga ng confrontation 'tong PLA.

China's PLAN is not above doing provocative stunts, so this comes as no surprise.

I wonder why a lot of China experts are discounting war in the South China Sea region? Does their analysis preclude smaller military conflicts or skirmishes like these?

[Monseratto]

Di pa kaya ng PLA ang US... at more political/nationalism show lang yung ala "wag the dog".