To: belmont_mark; Jeff Head
Could this have anything to do with the Spratly Islands?
To: hedgetrimmer
No doubt, the desire to turn the South China Sea and Strait of Malacca into explicitly PRC controlled territory is the main reason why the PRC hate the current laws regarding free passage. They can't stand the idea of US, Indian or Japanese Navy ships being within striking distance of their land.
67 posted on
03/11/2004 12:48:56 PM PST by
GOP_1900AD
(Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
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