Thread: China 'building runway in disputed South China Sea island'

Originally Posted by OhOh

They've

Always liked this catch all stuff. 1.4 billion contented Chinese citizens. Amazing!

Damn Chinks.
They're everywhere.

Indeed....cunning devils, these orientals. Inscrutable.

Originally Posted by OhOh

"“Some foreigners do not respect the traffic laws; they drink alcohol, get drunk, yell, have arguments, and are fighting each other at restaurants and in public places.”



I'm sure many Chinese felt the same way in previous centuries and the Thais in the 60's and 70's R&R invasions?.

But of course the ameristani, British, German, French ......... had such "acceptable" morals to bring with them, opium for silver, souls for a Christian God and baguettes ......... backed up with shiny battleships with 12" guns or the more impressive, at slaughtering the sword wielding defenders, Gatling guns?

The world turns every day, some adapt and prosper others hanker after to old quiet life. Should SE Asia be kept in a bottle purely for the amazingly affluent NA and EU citizens to holiday, to be fed, fucked and photographed whilst shooting the wildlife and infecting the women?

Are the nouveaux riche Chinese any more uncouth than the brits on their Spanish fortnight or the ameristani's seeing the sights of Old Europe on a $ a day?

The Brits, Europeans, ameristanis and ME Sheiks have been worldwide "buying/bullying/bombarding xxxx one bit at a time".

The Chinese developing, building, investing but recently no bombardments. An improvement in my eyes.

Or a ¥ investment/bet/bank balance, not the same as $/£/€ investment/bet/bank balance. Ask the casino owners and their investors, the new company employees, the politicians be they Cambodian or Chinese.

You need to move on from Einstein's description of Asians.

OhOh, you've done it again However, I reiterate. Why, do you persist with casting your "pearls" (from the deep), before the obvious s-------d? ..........Some unique level of entertainment, you've discovered, eh?

Awwww, widdle HoHo's got a fan cwub.

China Issues Warnings to Philippine, U.S. Aircraft in South China Sea

The United States will assert freedom of navigation in the South China Sea despite recent warnings issued by China on foreign ships and planes passing through the hotly disputed area, a top defense official said Thursday.


U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Randall Schriver said Beijing’s growing aggressiveness would not deter the U.S. from exercising the right to peacefully pass through the region.


“We’ll fly, sail and operate where international law allows,” Shriver told a select group of reporters in Manila. “So we’ve seen an increase in this kind of challenge from China, not only directed at us but to others, and we think we need to be consistent and the Chinese need to understand that this kind of challenge will not result in a change of our behavior.”
He said Washington would not allow Beijing to bully other nations by rewriting international law.


His statement came after the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported Philippine aircraft have a specific response from similar Chinese challenges.


Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), said the Chinese warnings are a daily occurrence.


“Our pilots just [reply]: We are just doing our routine flight on our jurisdiction and territory,” he said, according to the Inquirer.


A BBC reporter who witnessed the Chinese aggression said the warnings to Philippine aircraft were less courteous than similar warnings to U.S. planes.


The Philippines and China have overlapping claims in the potentially mineral rich region, as do Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan.



Flashpoint


The South China Sea is considered a flashpoint in the region and while claimants agreed to desist from any actions that would complicate the matter, China has been expanding and militarizing territories it occupies.


During an annual meeting of Southeast Asian diplomats held in Singapore two weeks ago, officials announced China had agreed to a draft of a “code of conduct” to govern actions in the area after three months of negotiations that ended in June. The agreement was hailed as a breakthrough even as diplomats expressed cautious optimism.


Clearly, China wants to expand its control of the sea region by its warnings even as he said it “has no impact or effect” on how the U.S. operates, Shriver said on Thursday.


He said last week’s flight that carried a CNN crew was part of “routine operations in the South China Sea.”


“I think there should be no misunderstanding or lack of clarity on the spirit and the nature of our commitment,” Shriver said, alluding to the Philippine-US mutual defense treaty of 1951.


“We’ll be a good ally, and we’ll help the Philippines respond accordingly,” he said.




https://www.benarnews.org/english/ne...018153426.html

He said Washington would not allow Beijing to bully other nations by rewriting international law.

Was it said with tongue in cheek?

^

Since you are a good Communist, here is something you forgot or are not allowed to post from the above:

Critics say the consensus approach to negotiations on the code could mean a final deal is still years off and works in China’s favor as a delaying tactic to ease scrutiny of its militarization of man-made islands in the region.

Ever heard of a critical voice from China ? Yes once.... and now in jail

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

Ever heard of a critical voice from China

Plenty, SCP, Hong Kong, Taiwan, every day there is some comments. Of course fiercely rebuked.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Plenty, SCP, Hong Kong, Taiwan, every day there is some comments. Of course fiercely rebuked.

a communist with a sense of humour....better watch out OhOh, you could get arrested.

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

a communist with a sense of humour....better watch out OhOh, you could get arrested.

Luckily, in some other countries (please no names here) no longer need the hassle with arresting, arraigning etc....

Awwww poor widdle chinkies.

(Reuters) - China expressed anger on Thursday after a British Royal Navy warship sailed close to islands claimed by China in the South China Sea late last month, saying Britain was engaged in “provocation” and that it had lodged a strong complaint.

The HMS Albion, a 22,000 ton amphibious warship carrying a contingent of Royal Marines, passed by the Paracel Islands in recent days, two sources, who were familiar with the matter but who asked not to be identified, told Reuters.


The Albion was on its way to Ho Chi Minh City, where it docked on Monday following a deployment in and around Japan.

One of the sources said Beijing dispatched a frigate and two helicopters to challenge the British vessel, but both sides remained calm during the encounter.


The other source the Albion did not enter the territorial seas around any features in the hotly disputed region but demonstrated that Britain does not recognise excessive maritime claims around the Paracel Islands. Twelve nautical miles is an internationally recognised territorial limit.

The Paracels are occupied entirely by China but also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.

China’s Foreign Ministry, in a faxed statement sent to Reuters, said the ship had entered Chinese territorial waters around the Paracel Islands on Aug. 31 without permission, and the Chinese navy had warned them to leave.

“The relevant actions by the British ship violated Chinese law and relevant international law, and infringed on China’s sovereignty. China strongly opposes this and has lodged stern representations with the British side to express strong dissatisfaction,” the ministry added.

“China strongly urges the British side to immediately stop such provocative actions, to avoid harming the broader picture of bilateral relations and regional peace and stability,” it said.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-br...LM00V?rpc=401&

Empire struggles.

All about the competition.

Who might win this round?

Fuck them.

Who cares, if they want the islands go to the ICJ.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Fuck them.

Who cares, if they want the islands go to the ICJ.

Oh sure.
Alright for us, but not for them.

Better brush up on your Chinese and accept the inevitable of their domination.
They own you and yours. New cycles...

Casting aside the old worn and unworthy Occidental empires.
Invented Eurocentricity is a false god.....and highly fanciful projections.


Get over yourselves.
You were never that worthy or upstanding to begin with and still exist to the present day.

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Oh sure.
Alright for us, but not for them.

Better brush up on your Chinese and accept the inevitable of their domination.
They own you and yours. New cycles...

Casting aside the old worn and unworthy Occidental empires.
Invented Eurocentricity is a false god.....and highly fanciful projections.


Get over yourselves.
You were never that worthy or upstanding to begin with and still exist to the present day.

That must be of great comfort to you while you sit in Portland bemoaning the fact that you can't even get a job at a Bangkok KFC.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Who cares, if they want the islands go to the ICJ.

Why waste precious bodily fluids when this can be the only outcome, 'arry?

Originally Posted by Klondyke

^No, it does not. Similarly, as exempted from jurisdiction of ICJ as it had happened:

The International Court does not enjoy a full separation of powers, with permanent members of the Security Council being able to veto enforcement of cases, even those to which they consented to be bound.[45] Because the jurisdiction does not have binding force itself, in many cases, the instances of aggression are adjudicated by Security Council by adopting a resolution, etc. There is, therefore, a likelihood for the permanent member states of Security Council to avoid the responsibility brought up by International Court of Justice, as shown in the example of Nicaragua v. United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern...urt_of_Justice

"Properly known as the International Court of Justice, it is the top U.N. judicial tribunal, but no major power (including the U.S.) is yet willing to bind itself unconditionally to accept the court's decisions."

WORLD COURT: Completing the Circle - TIME

Originally Posted by OhOh

"Properly known as the International Court of Justice, it is the top U.N. judicial tribunal, but no major power (including the U.S.) is yet willing to bind itself unconditionally to accept the court's decisions."

WORLD COURT: Completing the Circle - TIME

Because they know they would fucking lose you moron.

Which is why they are trying to just take the islands using their military and financial superiority over their poor neighbours.

Jesus, you are as dumb as a fucking brick aren't you?

It's still The Law Of The Jungle, unfortunately. The bigger gets their way.

Originally Posted by Latindancer

It's still The Law Of The Jungle, unfortunately. The bigger gets their way.

"One law for the rich, one law for the poor", etc.

Originally Posted by Latindancer

The bigger gets their way.

The "bigger" you are referring too took steps decades ago to improve their citizens lot. Hence they are now able to defend themselves and their sovereignty. Others chose to become vassals and continue to reap their chaf instead of their due grain.

Originally Posted by OhOh

The "bigger" you are referring too took steps decades ago to improve their citizens lot. Hence they are now able to defend themselves and their sovereignty. Others chose to become vassals and continue to reap their chaf instead of their due grain.

Step 1:

Sending out their citizens to rob as much intellectual property as they could so that they could knock off anything they fancied, then use the ill gotten gains to lure countries into debt and then rob them of their natural resources.