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China says it's ready if US ‘stirs up any conflict’ in South China Sea
CNBC ^ | 5/19/16 | Seema Mody

Posted on 05/19/2016 6:13:15 PM PDT by Celerity

BEIJING — China's attempts to claim a nearly 1.4-million-square-mile swathe of open ocean are without precedent and probably without legal merit, but Beijing continues to assert its right to the economically critical zone — and increasingly puts its claims in military terms.

Speaking to a small group of reporters in Beijing on Thursday, a high-ranking Chinese official made his warning clear: The United States should not provoke China in the South China Sea without expecting retaliation.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; southsea
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To: thoughtomator

Hitler could have launched a huge chemical strike at the end of WWII. Even he didn’t do it.


41 posted on 05/19/2016 7:06:02 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: wrench

The Philippines president is a socialist with many Communists in his cabinet. He leans China pretty hard. Wants bilateral negotiations with China without U.S. involvement.


42 posted on 05/19/2016 7:06:23 PM PDT by sunrise_sunset
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To: central_va

The only good another war, a war with China, could give America is an End-to-City-Centric-Power-Politics in the United States; e.g., they do not nuke corn fields, but rather raze cities. Could we end welfare? Could we break the back of Black Racist Power? Could we beg China to nuke the largest city’s in Democratic party hands. I can envision a world where after a war, the United States is devoid of Socialists and Democrats in any politically meaningful numbers. Maybe Trump can make a deal to nuke SF, LA, Chicago, Huston, Philly, Seattle, Madison... got to keep Cleveland though;)


43 posted on 05/19/2016 7:07:21 PM PDT by Jumper
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To: Jumper

There will never be a nuke launched in anger by a nation state. We could however get nuked by a rouge NGO after the collapse of a nuclear govt. Think Pakistan.


44 posted on 05/19/2016 7:16:12 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Nukes? Not sure. I believe it would be conventional, however do any of y'all remember the launch of a missile off our Western coast a few years back?

I think it was a signal to the U.S. that we can be hit. Who knows, but China is much stronger today than a decade ago.

It is also very real that China would go after our satellites, infrastructure. It won't be as sanitary as it has been in decades past. It's a different world.

45 posted on 05/19/2016 7:22:59 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Celerity
China says it's ready if US ‘stirs up any conflict’ in South China Sea...

China is the only one stiring up conflict in the South China Sea.

46 posted on 05/19/2016 7:35:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: Celerity

You no worry Yankee. You behave and you go shop. Get poonjab doggie yum yums. Wife and you like. Be proud. Be happy.

47 posted on 05/19/2016 8:02:15 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: central_va

Never doesn’t exist in this world. The Chinese are preparing for the big war.


48 posted on 05/19/2016 8:02:16 PM PDT by Williams (Dear God please save us from the democrats. And the republicans.)
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To: wrench

That’s my guess too.


49 posted on 05/19/2016 8:11:19 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Celerity

I realize PRC is ready to defend their faux-islands...
no question about that imho

but I think they are doing all they can to delay any hostilities... as they are building great military power while Obama is still disassembling and crippling USA’s ability to fight or defend anything much at all

I am not weighing the balance .. I am only noting that time continues to be on PRC”s side


50 posted on 05/19/2016 8:29:19 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Celerity

Of course. They have to make a major move south. The Northern Hemisphere is slipping back into the ice age. The US and it’s allies will be caught as flat footed as Pearl Harbor residents. Perhaps even worse since we appear to be dismantling our defensive forces and preparing for Bobo’s Warming. We have perhaps the dumbest leaders in our history right now.


51 posted on 05/19/2016 8:37:00 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Ghost of SVR4; All
Works for me. I'm fed up with US weakness. We need to be make an example of our power dominance. Iran would be good start.

Stop terrorism with one of these, and more if necessary to save American lives.

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52 posted on 05/19/2016 8:40:01 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: thoughtomator

You ever hear of the countries called Tibet and Korea ?


53 posted on 05/19/2016 8:41:34 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: justa-hairyape

Korea wasn’t an invasion by the Chinese, they just helped the Norks. Tibet was a genuine invasion, and that happened way back in 1959. If you’re counting, that’s 57 years ago.

Guess how long ago the last time the US invaded another country was?


54 posted on 05/19/2016 8:47:41 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: Cobra64

Just curious... do you ever reflect on the consequences of the actions you advocate?


55 posted on 05/19/2016 8:51:33 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: justa-hairyape

By the way, that question wasn’t just rhetorical. I’d estimate not one in ten thousand Americans know when the last time the US govt invaded another nation was. I’m curious if you are aware of the most recent invasion.


56 posted on 05/19/2016 8:54:16 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: thoughtomator
Yup. Doing nothing since WWII is what's got us in this friggin' mess.

Do you condone this behavior:

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57 posted on 05/19/2016 9:02:15 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Cobra64

So you want to nuke Iran because 9/11?


58 posted on 05/19/2016 9:16:44 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: thoughtomator

No.


59 posted on 05/19/2016 9:19:56 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Cobra64

Have you ever actually experienced a terrorist attack?


60 posted on 05/19/2016 9:23:01 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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