South China Sea crisis: Beijing think tank warns of US conflict just weeks away

https://www.express.co.uk ^ | By STEVEN BROWN | By STEVEN BROWN

[RomanSoldier19]

A THINK TANK has warned a conflict between Washington and Beijing is just weeks away as tensions in the South China Sea reach boiling point.

he South China Sea is a highly contested region and faces claims from China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines. Diplomatic relations between the nations are already extremely strained.

he South China Sea is a highly contested region and faces claims from China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines. Diplomatic relations between the nations are already extremely strained.

[RomanSoldier19]

[pfflier]

They are just waiting for a weak president.

[cgbg]

Democrats love war.

It fits in beautifully with their de-population agenda, and the arms merchants pay great bribes.

[Truthoverpower]

Big boys have nuclear weapons

Big boys no fight

[eyeamok]

I heard the spokesman for the think tank in Beijing that made the warning was Joe Biden, is that true??

[Steely Tom]

Democrats love war.

It fits in beautifully with their de-population agenda, and the arms merchants pay great bribes.

To quote my mother:

"Republicans get us into depressions, Democrats get us into wars."

[pfflier]

Democrats love war.

They brought us the civil war, WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam. I wondered about the Gulf war and middle east until W came out as a RINOcrat.

[Widget Jr]

South China Sea Probing Initiative (SCSPI) is a MAINLAND CHINESE THINK TANK.

Their advistory board:

Yao Yunzhu, Major General (Retired), Senior Advisor, the China Association of Military Science

Wu Shicun, President, National Institute for South China Sea Studies

Zhao Dengping, Rear Admiral(Retired),Senior Advisor, China International Institute for Strategic Society

Zhu Feng, Director, Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing University

Li Ming, Professor, Law School, Peking University

Wang Jimin, Professor, Department of Information Management, Peking University

[Zhang Fei]

[However, other countries have called for China and the US not to involve them in the ongoing disputes.

In September, Indonesia’s foreign minister Retno Marsudi said: “ASEAN, Indonesia, wants to show to all that we are ready to be a partner.

“We don’t want to get trapped by this rivalry.”]

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The smart thing to do would be to wait until these countries are overrun and annexed by China. In the initial stages of invasion and occupation, I’d expect Chinese forces to (1) be tied down by armed resistance and (2) take significant losses. Jumping in early means fighting the Chinese at their strongest, before their neighbors have had the opportunity to inflict whittle down their military units and drain their resources. It’s also a little hard to marshal public opinion for American involvement when you have locals saying let’s you and him fight. We’re not the ones facing a rapidly-growing Chinese fleet right on our doorstep, and a long history of Chinese territorial expansion.

https://www.timemaps.com/history/china-2500bc/

[dfwgator]

Well, Reagan did have Grenada.

[Leaning Right]

> They are just waiting for a weak president. <

China had better consider this: Weak presidents will sometimes overreact to show how “tough” they are. Bill Clinton intervening in Kosovo is an example of that.

But Joe Biden is a special case. He’s weak, stupid, and corrupt. It’s a trifecta. Who knows what he would do in a major crisis?

[ronnie raygun]

Whos gonna fight joes battles, antifa? the snowflakes? the protesters? BLM? the rioters and looters that burned down American cities? these punks?

[frank ballenger]

But Joe Biden is a special case. He’s weak, stupid, and corrupt. It’s a trifecta. Who knows what he would do in a major crisis?

All of you who have Dem relatives, neighbors, acquaintences or co-workers, please consider giving them a special form of thank you today.

They played sick games with our lives.

[Zhang Fei]

[China had better consider this: Weak presidents will sometimes overreact to show how “tough” they are. Bill Clinton intervening in Kosovo is an example of that.]

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Kosovo wasn’t much of a reaction, let alone overreaction. What was Serbia going to do - attack US military installations in Europe?

[Bob434]

joebama in a think tank?

[dfwgator]

Clinton bombed the Chinese Embassy, claimed they used old maps.

[caww]

Zone of influence: Why the US and China are battling for control in the South China Sea. The 2021 forecast preview from Stratfor.

[chickenlips]

“War is peace”, every Dimocrat knows that.

[Bob434]

[[Bill Clinton intervening in Kosovo is an example of that]]

But don’t forget mogadishu black hawk down- maybe china remembers that fiasco, and sees joebama as even less gifted mentally shall we say than clinton was?

[Anti-Bubba182]

Baloney Biden won’t do anything, therefore no conflict.