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China Warns of ‘Inevitable’ War with US Over South China Sea
Defense One ^ | 5-26-2015 | lily Kug

Posted on 05/27/2015 9:58:38 PM PDT by tcrlaf

After Chinese state media warned that war with the United States may be “inevitable,” Beijing has published a policy paper detailing how the military will shift its focus from land and coastlines to the open seas. China’s State Council released a white paper today that criticizes “external countries…busy meddling in South China Sea affairs” and sets out an “active defense” military strategy for the country.

The paper comes a day after an editorial (link in Chinese) in the state-run Chinese tabloid Global Times said conflict between China and the US will be unavoidable if the Washington doesn’t lay off Beijing for building islands and military facilities in disputed parts of the South China Sea.

“We do not want a military conflict with the United States, but if it were to come we have to accept it,” the paper said.

(Excerpt) Read more at defenseone.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; malaysia; mh370; southchinasea; spratleys; war
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To: LegendHasIt

If we lose—the whole of Asia will be over run by China. We will have to give up Guam and maybe Hawaii as well. A victorious China will demand we scrap all of our fleet and reduced out army and airforce. The Democrats will go along with this—for the sake of peace.


21 posted on 05/28/2015 2:40:39 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Pelham

“Somehow I think China would just shrug that off.”
The Chinese banks and investors wouldn’t

Without the US to sell stuff to the Chinese economy would collapse


22 posted on 05/28/2015 2:44:38 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: right way right

What can we do? Series.


Heard in the war room from the _resident....

Quick buy more shiite, errrrr I mean more free trade with China....

That will pacify the lil yellow basturds.


23 posted on 05/28/2015 4:35:31 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: tcrlaf

good grief, we cant even deal with a few barbaric rag heads with Obama leading us! How they heck are we going to deal with 1.3 billion Chinese?


24 posted on 05/28/2015 4:57:01 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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To: eartick

We, the USA, are a long way from the Quemoy/Matsu dust-up (Kennedy/Nixon circa 1960), and much has changed in the world and especially in the USA.


25 posted on 05/28/2015 5:10:13 AM PDT by jamaksin
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To: jamaksin

Change is good....transformation is even better.

Ask all of the Obama voters or better yet ask all of the Conservatives that have endured this POS in office for the last 6.5 years.


26 posted on 05/28/2015 6:40:34 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: Fai Mao

Yes, the debt. Probably the only reason China will talk big and push Panty hose President just as far as they can without actually going to war. Just because they can and know they can get away with it.


27 posted on 05/28/2015 9:12:41 AM PDT by fish hawk (no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
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To: Fai Mao

Your points would be strong ones if nations put their economies first, but when it comes to war they usually have different priorities. Germany and Britain were each other’s largest trade partner in 1914.


28 posted on 05/28/2015 10:02:38 AM PDT by Pelham (The refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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