I don't think your suppose to take his "without firing a shot" literally. of course, it's up to the original OP to explain, not me. I simply convey my thoughts on the geopolitical situation.
but in the event of war, those islands will make navigation of USN in the SCS very difficult which was the point. not like China is going to pull over every ship that sails on it during peace time. just like Chinese ships sail over the panama canal with no problems. but in the event of war, you...
LOL, looks like a corrupt dude who try to bribe others [8.8 million) now trying tho get away by "I'm going tho expose corruption at the highest level of CPC, please white people save me".
What are you talking about? They are a democracy, therefore all elected Indian politicians are honest and fulfill their election promises. they totally didn't run for office just to make their family richer, come on. that's why India will be superpower by 2020.
Because that's geopolitics, that's how it is. big powers will always screw the small. Hence why there won't be war between USA and China. Both China and USA will only pick on the weak or fight via proxies.
there's a article on PDF article saying india will be superpower by 2020. an article is an article, they can be written by a Ph.D or a high school dropout. or written by a think tank with funding from political / corporate sources. the only way to tell is the real performance in the field...
Please note, "Goddess" don't have the same meaning in China than the west. "13 thousand followers" are really small considering China's massive internet users.
being non dependent on oil supplies during times of war? That's pretty important especially if strait of Malacca is closed and china is unable to import oil form the middle east.
ethnic Chinese from Vietnam i think? it don't matter, it's good for Asians around the world if there's a powerful backer behind you otherwise Asian racism will keep happening.
i highly doubt, Japanese aren't doing that well at the Olympics despite having similar per capitia as Britain while 2x the population. This case is more like this girl is really talented in table tennis and those types of people don't come by that often.