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China to allow coast guard to use weapons in waters it claims
Japan Times ^ | 11/5/2020 | kyodo

Posted on 11/06/2020 12:17:20 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal

BEIJING – China will allow its coast guard to use weapons when foreign ships involved in illegal activities in waters it controls fail to obey orders, such as to stop, a bill unveiled by a body of the country’s parliament showed Wednesday.

As Beijing claims that the Senkaku Islands, which are administered by Tokyo, are part of its territory, the envisioned law could target Japanese vessels navigating around the uninhabited islets. The tiny islands in the East China Sea are called Diaoyu by Beijing.

The Japanese government said earlier in the day that a Chinese ship was spotted in the so-called contiguous zone outside Japanese waters, adding that Chinese vessels had now been observed near the isles for 285 days this year and also for the 59th day in a row.

(Excerpt) Read more at japantimes.co.jp ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; coastguard; expansion; navy
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1 posted on 11/06/2020 12:17:20 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

And so it begins...


2 posted on 11/06/2020 12:17:54 PM PST by Intar
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To: Intar

Would China be so stupid as to create an international incident that could put them at war with Japan, Taiwan, India and the US at the same time? Doubtful.


3 posted on 11/06/2020 12:22:32 PM PST by Dr. Thorne
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Slow Joe on a leash, China Mitch.

The path is clear.


4 posted on 11/06/2020 12:24:41 PM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Gee...I wonder if this announcement has anything to do with news developments of the last couple of days?
5 posted on 11/06/2020 12:25:56 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (BLM Stands For "Bidens Loot Millions"!)
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To: Dr. Thorne

Unless they smell weakness.


6 posted on 11/06/2020 12:26:11 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: brownsfan

Slow Joe would make Jimmy Carter look like Genghis Khan.


7 posted on 11/06/2020 12:28:17 PM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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Would China be so stupid as to create an international incident that could put them at war with Japan, Taiwan, India and the US at the same time? Doubtful.

Chinese are arrogant, narcissistic and demonic.

They think they are destined to rule all the inferior races of the globe including us.

People who raise dogs and cats in cages and eat them, along with bats, rats and mice tend to get a little odd sometimes. Not exactly vegan diet.

8 posted on 11/06/2020 12:29:14 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Intar

China will be patrolling off Alaska before you know it.


9 posted on 11/06/2020 12:29:40 PM PST by Starboard
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To: Army Air Corps

DemonRATs are the definition of weakness. Unless it’s using govt force on their own population. Then they are quite “brave”.


10 posted on 11/06/2020 12:29:43 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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Would China be so stupid as to create an international incident that could put them at war with Japan, Taiwan, India and the US at the same time?

Don't be silly. Their new ally the USSA under the Zuo Bai Deng puppet regime will be on their side against Japan, Taiwan, and India.
11 posted on 11/06/2020 12:30:14 PM PST by In_Iowa_not_from
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To: Dr. Thorne

China has the next virus ready to go. 50-70% mortality.
Get in their way and no vaccine for you.


12 posted on 11/06/2020 12:31:33 PM PST by jonose (however the)
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LOL! Sad but very true.

The worst part is our allies will become former allies. They can sense the weakness too, and the sudden increase in their own vulnerability.

Weakness invites aggression. Always has, always will.


13 posted on 11/06/2020 12:32:31 PM PST by Starboard
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Would China be so stupid as to create an international incident that could put them at war with Japan, Taiwan, India and the US at the same time? Doubtful.

If Harris wins, then yes they will absolutely begin their open world domination plans. Harris will simply side with them.

14 posted on 11/06/2020 12:35:07 PM PST by Intar
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Would China be so stupid as to create an international incident that could put them at war with Japan, Taiwan, India and the US at the same time? Doubtful.

They should go for it. Japan will kick their ass. And President Trump will become a war-time president, with nothing to lose.

15 posted on 11/06/2020 12:37:27 PM PST by roadcat
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Would China be so stupid as to create an international incident that could put them at war with Japan, Taiwan, India and the US at the same time? Doubtful.

If they do, they can count on the MSM-Democrats to blame it on Trump.

16 posted on 11/06/2020 12:42:21 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: Intar

Japan will now have to rearm and w nukes.


17 posted on 11/06/2020 12:42:28 PM PST by DownInFlames (Gals)
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To: Starboard
"Weakness invites aggression. Always has, always will."

Words to live by. America has has it's days of strength and days of weakness. Think which times America excelled and was the world power.

18 posted on 11/06/2020 12:48:41 PM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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Notice how much more peaceful the world got under Trump’s strength and resolve.

We are about to see a stark contrast with increasing tensions around the world and challenges to our own position, or what’s left of it.


19 posted on 11/06/2020 12:52:10 PM PST by Starboard
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[Would China be so stupid as to create an international incident that could put them at war with Japan, Taiwan, India and the US at the same time? Doubtful.]


Most clashes are just that - clashes. Remember the Panay? The Mayaguez? The Pueblo? When they plant a flag on Japanese soil and fire upon Japanese vessels that attempt to remove it - that’s when the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan is activated, and the festivities begin.

Thing is - in the old days, the penalty for losing a war was territorial loss. Does anyone really have the appetite to carve out a chunk of China? Even Iraq escaped its invasion of Kuwait without territorial loss. Basically, the disincentives for aggressive war are not what they used to be.


20 posted on 11/06/2020 12:52:49 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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