[ClearCase_guy]

China
North Korea
Syria
Iran
Afghanistan
Egypt
Libya
Greece
Spain
Portugal

I cannot imagine that the powderkeg won’t find a match before the year is out. Most likely, before October is out.

[traumer]

excellent article

[ctdonath2]

I can’t believe that many protesters care that much about that jurisdiction.

Someone realized the USA is about to dump a weak leader, and there is just 4 months to fix both their economic & population problems thru war with minimal damage to the leadership.

[DoughtyOne]

China can just as easily nationalize our industry there and kick us out.

We have been the saps of all time for doing business with China. Look at the peace dividend now beginning to vaporize just as many of us predicted.

It’s breathtaking to watch what we have allowed China to get away with. And that’s just our dealings with it.

Our economy is in a shambles, in part to that policy. Slow growth, who could have seen this coming?

Shakes head...

[gaijin]

Distraction is what dictatorships do when something unpleasant looms —in this case it’s a lofty mountain of secret debt.

The Senkaku Island Dispute has been going on for DECADES yet magically only NOW does it bubble up and become pressing.

Just keep your eye on Chinese economic indicators —I think the PRC leadership will soon find a solution for all those tens of millions of young Chinese men who have NO HOPE AT ALL of getting married (too many girl abortions).

MANUFACTURED DISTRACTION.

[lucky american]

One of my best friends is Chinese. She is Republican. She has shared many stories with me about her childhood. These peoples’ entire lives are built on propaganda from cradle to grave.They are taught what to think, who to hate, and to idolize their leaders. They are very intelligent people and she says there is hope with the younger generation in the use of technology. It is at a point , she says, where knowledge of “the outside world” will be known to all and they love America and are beginning to despise the “old traditions.”

[painter]

China at the moment is unstable, and that puts foreign businesses there—not to mention the Chinese economy—at risk.

I have been getting a couple investment letters from a company called Stansberry and associates and recently they have been telling it's subscribers to sell ALL investments in Chineese stocks.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

This just in.. China delays ascension to number one super power originally scheduled for next Tuesday afternoon, at about tea time.

"Most likely it will be the following Saturday morning," said a Chinese Communist Central Committee representative. "Early."

American "free traders" remain apprehensive, "When? Please, please when?" they plead.

[OwenKellogg]

In fact, Beijing officials have talked about taking the Ryukyus after they get the Senkakus

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For the record, the Ryukyus is Okinawa, the home to Kadena Air Base and Marine Corps Base Camp Butler (along with the Army’s Torii Station and the Navy’s White beach).

I wonder when they plan to take Okinawa?

[Tainan]

This is Taipei Taiwan Saturday 22 Sept 2013.

AIT issues safety notification to US citizens
"The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) has issued a safety alert to U.S. citizens in Taiwan, warning them of possible violence during demonstrations in Taipei this weekend. Some U.S. citizens living in Taiwan said that it is the first time they have ever received such warnings from the AIT. The warning comes in the wake of widespread protests by Muslims against the United States over an anti-Islam film, and the Diaoyutais sovereignty dispute between Japan, China and Taiwan."

The Taiwan newspaper, China Post, refuses to allow comments on this article.