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US on edge over new powder keg in the South China Sea [Philippines in China's Orbit]
CNBC ^
| October 21, 2016
| Clay Dillow
Posted on 10/21/2016 10:39:29 AM PDT by C19fan
China and the Philippines could begin exploiting long-untapped energy reserves in the South China Sea, according to reports coming out of this week's meeting between Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte and high-ranking Chinese officials including a Thursday sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. How soon that may happen remains unclear, however, as Duterte cautioned reporters that he has not been empowered by his Congress to finalize any energy exploration deal with his Chinese counterparts.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china; philippines
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This represents massive victory for China in the South China Seas. One of the primary reasons China has claimed these "islands" in the area is to set a marker for the Economic Exclusion Zones around those islands. Now China has gotten the Philippines to agree to what China wants in exchange for joint oil/gas exploration in the disputed areas. The whole US strategy of keeping China contained inside what is called the First Island Chain has been blown up with the Philippines dumping the US for China.
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:39:29 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
This is a seismic shift in the power balance in the Western Pacific. It’s importance to geopolitics cannot be overstated. The unimaginable has happened.
To: C19fan
Way to go, Obozo, another ally lost................
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:41:52 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Whatever happened to Craig Livingstone?..............)
To: Trumpisourlastchance
You know, for a smart feller, our president seems to be a dim bulb.
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:42:04 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
To: C19fan
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:42:14 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: C19fan
Obama’s legacy grows. What else can he accomplish in his final months?
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:42:37 AM PDT
by
Dagnabitt
(Trump - Because countries without Islamic immigration are countries without Islamic terrorism.)
To: C19fan
CNBC part of the MSM and their beloved @$$ clown fuhrer Barack ‘I’m a community activist’ Obama. Leading the way in alienating everyone and making the world a more dangerous place.
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:43:58 AM PDT
by
Lent
To: Trumpisourlastchance
If China can consolidate this, this would be like the Russians gaining control of the Dardanelles, a long time ambition since Catherine the Great, and breaking out of the Black Sea.
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:44:31 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
It wasn’t too long ago that Duterte was calling Obama a son of a whore one week and then trying to suck up to him a week later. I suspect this will turn out the same way.
To: C19fan
The Japanese Occupation was also tons of Fun
To: C19fan
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:50:32 AM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Trumpisourlastchance
Yep, it’s the Chinese-led version of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:53:05 AM PDT
by
HombreSecreto
(The life of a repo man is always intense)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
China and the P.I. have one thing in common: Their hatred of the Japanese. Waiting for One or 2 Koreas to join in.
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posted on
10/21/2016 10:53:41 AM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: C19fan
Obozo has lost the game in the South China Sea. He may as well have been doing a Bill Clinton dicking bimbos for all the good he is a POTUS.
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10/21/2016 11:03:14 AM PDT
by
Enchante
(Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
To: C19fan
Duerte was bought personally. Both Clintons are examples.
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posted on
10/21/2016 11:06:35 AM PDT
by
Thud
To: Enchante
Obunghole is a weakling and every tyrant and regime on the planet knows this. I am shocked nothing bigger has happened by the Norks, Chicoms, Iranians or even ISIS. They pray for a Clinton win. Trump will never put up with these a**hole regimes sticking it to our great country. FUBO and FUHRC!
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posted on
10/21/2016 11:12:12 AM PDT
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/21/2016 11:12:59 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: Enchante
Bimbos don’t have the right equipment for that scumbag.
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posted on
10/21/2016 11:13:10 AM PDT
by
afsnco
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/21/2016 11:15:55 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: Trumpisourlastchance
Franklin Roosevelt lost China ( failed to support Chiang Kai-shek in his war with Japan .
Lyndon Johnson lost Vietnam.
Barack Hussein Obama loses Philippines.
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posted on
10/21/2016 11:27:55 AM PDT
by
Auslander154
(Why not lock her up? HC tried to lock up Billy Dale)
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