[gleeaikin]

There was a very interesting report last night discussing the China problem facing Indonesia because China was threatening a small shoal/island that is part of Indonesia. The report stressed the importance of both NATO and the US realizing the need to give more attention to China’s “small” incursions. They said China is doing this as a test to see if we are really going to help Taiwan in case of an attack. That we don’t even have a treaty, and if we don’t defend a country with which we do have a treaty, then we must not be much of a threat. [note: I saw this late at night, so I might be mistaken about which SE Asia country was involved in this problem. I tuned into this station late in the program.]

[ansel12]

NATO is only in the early stages of looking at the Pacific problems with China.

[Zhang Fei]

[There was a very interesting report last night discussing the China problem facing Indonesia because China was threatening a small shoal/island that is part of Indonesia. The report stressed the importance of both NATO and the US realizing the need to give more attention to China’s “small” incursions. They said China is doing this as a test to see if we are really going to help Taiwan in case of an attack. That we don’t even have a treaty, and if we don’t defend a country with which we do have a treaty, then we must not be much of a threat. [note: I saw this late at night, so I might be mistaken about which SE Asia country was involved in this problem. I tuned into this station late in the program.]

---

The Philippines. Until its leader invokes Article V of the defense pact, nothing will happen. My guess is he’s worried about the 10% of the country’s exports that go to China. Then there’s then question of what happens if China escalates and starts going after Filipino shipping.