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

Originally Posted by Looper

They are using the island to make a spurious claim

You really do need to look at the information again and stop repeating shit.

The Chinese have "claimed" the South China Sea for centuries as well as receiving tribute from the surrounding countries, but were not able to do anything about them recently . Unfortunately they were promised, by the "Great Powers" in various legal documents/declaration of peace etc. their return, but the promises from the "Great Powers" were as usual smoke and mirrors.

They are not "using the islands" to back their claim, they are using their claim to develop their islands.

As China does, it waits for the aggressor nation to weaken, which they have. It is now able to project and defend it's territorial claims.

Originally Posted by Looper

saying that coming too close is provocation for military conflict.

You have obviously never approached the shore line, by sea or air, of a foreign country without gaining permission, you have obviously never approached a warship either at sea or in a port.

Try it and see the reaction of the country or warship.

Originally Posted by Looper

this is reasonable civilised 21st century behaviour

There is a lot of barbaric "21st century behavior" that "civilised" countries leaders use around the world today. I would suggest developing an Island, legally owned by China, does not fit into the barbaric category.

Originally Posted by Looper

Do you support any nation building artificial islands

Many countries build islands all around the world, some even within, what China claims, as it's sovereign territory. Has China gone to war with these countries, have they placed sanctions on them, have they "bombed them back to the stone age" No they have turned a blind eye to an insignificant pin prick and continue to invest and trade with them.

However the Ameristan government has decided to "raise the temperature" in yet another land 1,000s of miles from it's shores and try and enlist some vassals to engage the enemy. These vassals should look at how Ameristan treats it's vassals, whenever they become irrelevant, e.g terrorist groups,Turkey and Saudi in the Syrian war for one current
example.

One should inquire as to why Ameristan needs to be at war around the world CONTINUOUSLY(since 1684 or whenever it was formed).