[neverdem]

Japan seeks damages as China trawler row lingers

[therightliveswithus]

I was reading this article yesterday. China’s going to either become aggressive and powerful or peaceful and powerful.

[familyop]

"In the past, China has tried to attract its neighbors into its orbit with sweeteners like trade deals and aid."

Throughout that recent "past," some of China's leaders have threatened to nuke US cities.

[SunkenCiv]

The new Japanese government came into office hoping to rebalance Japan’s foreign policy and reduce tensions with China. That dream is now dead. And China's deepening relationship with Pakistan, intended in part as a counter to America's nuclear opening to India, is driving Asia's other emerging nuclear power closer than ever into the arms of America (and Japan). South Korea, once drifting peacefully toward China, has moved back towards the United States following China's support for Pyongyang after the sinking of a South Korean naval boat.

Thanks neverdem, you're hittin' 'em out of the park tonight!

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