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U.S. defense chief gets earful as China visit exposes tensions
Yahoo/Rueters ^ | 4-8-2014 | Phil Stewart

Posted on 04/08/2014 3:50:54 PM PDT by tcrlaf

Tensions between China and the United States were on full display on Tuesday as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel faced questions in Beijing about America's position in bitter territorial disputes with regional U.S. allies.

Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan, standing side-by-side with Hagel, called on the United States to restrain ally Japan and chided another U.S. ally, the Philippines.

Then, Hagel was sharply questioned by Chinese officers at the National Defense University. One of them told Hagel he was concerned that the United States was stirring up trouble in the East and South China Sea because it feared someday "China will be too big a challenge for the United States to cope with."

"Therefore you are using such issues ... to make trouble to hamper (China's) development," the officer said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; hagel; postamerica
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To: tcrlaf

Surely the chicoms know that when Hagel was in the Army, he didn’t have a good grip on Buck Private. Forrest Gump is a military genius compared to him.


21 posted on 04/08/2014 5:58:21 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Who but a TYRANT shoves down another man's throat what he has exempted himself from?)
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To: tcrlaf
Methinks if the Chicoms push Japan hard enough, the Japanese will go nuclear. [Sidebar: within a month]

5.56mm

22 posted on 04/08/2014 6:00:42 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Psalm 144

And dependent on a scam like the Petro-Dollar, it`ll be a bumpy ride when that rug`s pulled out! Can you say, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!


23 posted on 04/08/2014 6:16:16 PM PDT by nomad
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To: tcrlaf

The Chinese have this idea that they own the US now. I wonder why???


24 posted on 04/08/2014 6:20:43 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: elpadre

The Chinese have this idea that they own the US now. I wonder why???

China on America: Now They Work For Us
http://youtu.be/4LUumD0MwL8


25 posted on 04/08/2014 6:24:28 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Best comment here.

Japan and South Korea are barely talking.


26 posted on 04/08/2014 11:12:11 PM PDT by sunrise_sunset
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