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China tells Obama and Clinton to shut up and they say “Yes sir!”
Coach is Right ^ | August 11th, 2012 | Jim Emerson

Posted on 08/11/2012 8:11:45 AM PDT by darkwing104

Last week during an East Asia Summit meeting in Phnom Penh, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to stand fast and use diplomacy to resolve claims over territorial waters in the South China Sea. China has insisted that it had “’indisputable sovereignty’ over Islands that are claimed by Vietnam to the Scarborough Shoal near the Philippines. They include Islands near Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. Secretary Clinton urged the nations to collectively negotiate with the Chinese regarding territorial waters. China wanted bilateral talks with each country where they felt they can intimate the nations into surrounding territorial claims without much attention. In and angry response the Chinese delivered a message to the United States that amounted to “Shut Up”

Background

China maintains its claims to the islands of the South China Sea are ancient and were reaffirmed by China’s 1947 claim which wasn’t disputed. Furthermore as their argument goes, when the Communists took power in 1949 they expanded their territorial claim. Nevertheless, the traditional boundary that China claims in the South China Sea exists in theory only. Additional nations have made claims to islands and reefs in the region for fishing and mineral rights. However, after the discovery of oil in the region the Dragon knew it had to reclaim all of South China Sea.

Why?

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: china; chineseempire; evilempire; imperialists; obama; southchinasea


1 posted on 08/11/2012 8:11:54 AM PDT by darkwing104
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To: darkwing104

From what I have read, Hollywood got the same treatment and changed the invaders in the remake of Red Dawn from Communist Chinese to North Koreans.


2 posted on 08/11/2012 8:16:42 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: darkwing104
0bapuppy and Hilldog whimper when their master barks an order.

Kow tow to the great Mao! Philosopher supreme.

3 posted on 08/11/2012 8:47:01 AM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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