teddytennisfan
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Hillary Clinton and international relationships isn't a sentence that meshes well.
well as for BARRY ...
IN , i think , early last year -- probably in preparation for his follow-up on what originally is HILLARY'S obsession of 'pivot to asia" (which is of course to challenge china in her neighbhorhood ) -
BARRY made a nice big speech - u know, beating the uncle sam chest >
in california, i believe it was in the san diego pacific naval base - as to symbolically show "the pacific is OURS..OUR american lake -- the philippines isles shall be ours FOREVER from which we shall enter all of ASIA which we shall civilize" (ECHOING of course THEODORE ROOSEVELT who said EXACTLY those words long ago) -
and said:
"america is a pacific nation...therefore america is also an ASIAN nation...and we intend to be THE ASIAN LEADER".
AT which AVERY amused CHINA published editorials (usuall of course reflecting their official position) -
"we have heard the recent statements by the president of the USA...\'
''america may be a pacific nation...but that does NOT mean it is also an asian nation..\
''and has NO business trying to be the asian LEADER".
in view of this ...
as everyone knows (or DO you really? folks? in the right way? ) ..
the SOUTH CHINA sea IS A controversial topic right now in asia..
claims by china that it owns the majority of the south china sea ..the islets in it...
counter claims by philippines (that's my home country) -
vietnam and contrary to what WESTERN media say - NOT MUCH ELSE...
IT is of course known as hugely important in COMMERCE -- always has been for thosuands of years and is in fact what helped create the ''asian cultures" centered around CHINA - which is WHY it was always called ''the MIDDLE KINGDOM"
china after all - really created japan,korea, indochina, etc....
but never mind that ...
for the moment the main challenger to china's claims of 'sov ereignty" to build bases or harbors on those tiny rocks is of courswe philipp'ines suing china in some EUROPEAN court in brussels...wtih of course, of course who ELSE but
the 'ASIAN LEADER USA" backing the philippines..
the philippines might even WIN that court suit..but china is really NOT obligated to even acknowledge it, not according to the REAL laws of UNCLOS (LAWS of the SEA ) --
TO WHICH THE USA, mind you, REFUSES TO SIGN but does stop the USA from MEDDLING , ey?
Anyway........while china of course had traditionally been fishing in ehse waters -- which today have simply been transformed into the world's LARGEST commercial traffica area -- at least 1 TRILLION in commerce every singel DAY comes through it - largely of courswe -- as usual -- tied to china as the main global economic engine ...
NATURALLY china has an immense strategic, economic security interest that it keeps in fact going as it ALWAYS had for thousands of years.
but NOT according to USA/PHILIPPINES -- they say "china is threatening everyone" (but one would ask -- what IS the commercial interest of the chinese in THREATENING against passage ITS OWN CUSTOMES, SUPPLIERS AND TRADE PARTNERS of which china is number one in trade?)
SO THE QUESTION POSED IS THIS:
the other countries are SUPPOSEDLY - according to USA -- NOT happy with china..and yes they are not...
but BEFORE the USA INSERTED ITSELF in recent years - there were plenty of plans between THESE countries, including philippines , to cooperate, share in expanding the commercial activity between ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) -
WITH the only stipulation from china that they acknowledge china's ''sovereignty claims" - knowing there's not much THEY can do NOR can china do much abotu pushing that too hard --it's more about ''symbolism" "
these meant of course MANY joint projects (just as china is doing with russia, iran, india now...etc)
the point i am getting at is:
THE traditional RIVALS - china and india -- FINALLY got around last week to HAVE A meeting and agreement in MOSCOW ..in which the statement read:
"THE SOUTH CHINA SEA challenges are fundamentally ASIAN PACIFIC AFFAIRS and shall be discussed and only among ASIANS AND COUNTRIES OF THE REGION and not subject to interference by OUTSIDE influences".
that is a HUGE point because it throws the WEIGHT of INDIA .
this was followed YESTERDAY by a signing of a similar statement between CHINA , CAMBODIA AND BRUNEI (also partial claimants in south china sea)...
attesting to the same thing :;;''asian region affairs -to be decided by ASIANS -- NOT OUTSIDERS".
NOW here is the quesiton on AUSTRALIA.
AN ANGL0 country near asia really...
its economy is 30 percent dependent on CHINA TRADE...WITH THE export of AUSTRALIA larger to china than the export of china TO australia (except in FINANCING australian industries) -
which MEANS to CHINA -- EVEN AUSTRALIA simply takes no higher than 10th place or so in IMPORTANCE in commercial ties..whiel china is HUGELY essential TO australia's prosperity.
FOR contrast -- australia's TRADE with EUROPE is less THAN that with china..with usa -- is a mere 5 percent of australia's economic activity.
YET AUSTRALIA as part of the ANGL0-AMERICAN ''five eyes" nations that CHINA correctly IDENTIFIED AS 'the tight inner circle" ...
has DILEMMA...ITS MASTER USA wants australia to POINT militarily at china -- which YET is australia's LITERAL life-blood TO THE REST OF ASIA..
what to do , what to do...
excpet of course TURNBULL prime minsiter of australia yesterday led a delegation of THOUSANDS of businessment to BEIJING.............
makes one wonder what UNCLE thinks of that.......or -- when KILLARY comes to power....
she'/ll say to australia and japan and phil.ippines...
'SANCTION CHINA?"
roflmao!!!!!