Beijing is completely dominating the South China Sea

[Dungeness]

Beijing is completely dominating the South China Sea

By Jeremy Bender8 hours ago

Within the past week, China placed a battery of surface-to-air missiles at the heart of the planet's most contested waters — the South China Sea.

The HQ-9 air defense missiles now parked on Woody Island, a sliver of land claimed by Vietnam, Taiwan and China, is the most recent provocative move from Beijing.

Meanwhile, China is continuing to construct bases throughout the South China Sea.

And through these constructions, Beijing is absolutely dominating the region.

China has undertaken ambitious dredging and expansion projects on Duncan Island, an island that is part of the Paracel Islands which are also claimed by Vietnam.

According to The Diplomat, the latest construction on Duncan Island include the expansion of a natural harbor, dredging sand to increase the size of the island by nearly 50%, and the construction of eight helicopter landing zones on the island.

An additional four zones are believed to be under construction.

These recently constructed helicopter landing zones coincide with a number of reports of China building airstrips on other reclaimed islands throughout the sea.

Altogether, these airstrips and helicopter landing zones will allow China to easily ferry supplies to the region, conduct aerial patrols thereby de facto taking control of the region, as well as conducting anti-submarine operations.

Essentially, all the construction will ensure that the South China Sea will realistically belong to China short of a major upheaval.

“If you look at all of these facilities — and you could imagine a network of missiles sites, runways for their fifth generation fighters and surveillance sites and all that — it creates a mechanism in which China would have de facto control over the South China Sea in any scenario short of war,” Pacific Command commander Adm. Harry Harris told the Senate in September 2015, USNI News reports.

And, even in the case of war, the establishment and construction of the bases will leave China with a permanent advantage in the region.

“From a military perspective it certainly has an impact as these bases can serve as unsinkable aircraft carriers,” naval analyst and author of "US Naval Institute’s Combat Fleets of the World"told USNI News.

Short of war, these bases ensure that China, even with ongoing protests from Vietnam, the Philippines, and the US, will be able to freely and easily conduct operations throughout the region. The placement of the islands, runways, and helicopter pads ensures that everything within the South China Sea could be reachable by Chinese military assets in two hours or less.

"By hopscotching between bases, the helicopter fleet would be unconstrained by fuel range or limited numbers of ship-borne landing berths, creating a continuous and contiguous web of surveillance and response capability,” The Diplomat reports.

Beyond the dredging of islands, China is also undertaking an ambitious naval construction program focusing on the construction of aircraft carriers and the ability to operate overseas. This focus on fleet modernization, in conjunction with the ongoing dredging of islands, means that the South China Sea will likely be nothing more than a "Chinese lake" by 2030, Center for Strategic and International Studies writes.
Beijing is completely dominating the South China Sea - Yahoo Finance

Not so fast. All islands, and most of reefs in Spratly are still under occupation by other countries. We are going to see some rough time ahead.

 

[Aepsilons]

I don't blame you for sucking up to the Chinese at all. The Japanese economy has had 3 lost decades. Chinese investment and your servitude to them is your only chance for growth.

Typical American arrogance and denuded. Lose and argument and resort to petty insults and attacks. You truly do not fail to deliver, LOL.

 

[C130]

By engaging in regional harmony and mutually inclusive growth, is now testament to vassalage ? The height of arrogance, lol.

I am now in favor , as many moderate Japanese patriots, of a China-led World Order. Their seems to be greatly development -based and pan-inclusive in agenda. This is the pragmatism that i so sincerely love and admire about Chinese leaders; a source of inspiration for our own Japanese leadership.

It is alien to the American standard, which is embedded in divide and conquer theoretics , afterall, what can we expect from a scion of an imperialist power. They still retain much of their imperialist machinations that had ended in the collapse of european imperialism. In fact American foreign policy is testament of the collapsed european-world order.

China-led World Order

like I said three lost decades

and with Abe and his Abenomics no wonder you are Pro-China now.

Japanese Nationalism died when we defeated imperial Japan and occupied the nation

we pacified you too much with our brainwashing

US can bully small nations around the world, that's what it can do the best. but it never dares to mess up with China.

it isn't wise to bully countries with nuclear weapons

but china is using the big-stick diplomacy now.

so who is the bully now?

Typical American arrogance and denuded. Lose and argument and resort to petty insults and attacks. You truly do not fail to deliver, LOL.

your race defeated the Mongol invaders and now you are destined to be a Chinese empire vassal state.

 

[Aepsilons]

your race defeated the Mongol invaders and now you are destined to be a Chinese empire vassal state.

There is no such thing as a 'Japanese Race', my friend. Japanese came from Mainland China. Japanese and Chinese are of the same Mongoloid Race.

We do not see China as inferior, but as a civilizational progenitor. It is the West that perpetuates inferiority with China, but the Japanese do not. To the point that Japan wanted to join with China (tho , i admit, by force) , it says something.

I suppose there has always been a drive to merge with China. To us, China is everything. China is Everything.

 

[sweetgrape]

it isn't wise to bully countries with nuclear weapons

but china is using the big-stick diplomacy now.

so who is the bully now?

Hehe, you are very mad, good to see you say We are using the big-stick diplomacy, but that's you USA teaching us, Can you guess when China will using big-diplomacy bullying USA?

 

[C130]

There is no such thing as a 'Japanese Race', my friend. Japanese came from Mainland China. Japanese and Chinese are of the same Mongoloid Race.

We do not see China as inferior, but as a civilizational progenitor. It is the West that perpetuates inferiority with China, but the Japanese do not. To the point that Japan wanted to join with China (tho , i admit, by force) , it says something.

I suppose there has always been a drive to merge with China. To us, China is everything. China is Everything.

this has nothing to do with inferiority of race, but are Japanese now Han Chinese?? , but it seems the Japanese have become inferior to the Chinese in economic growth.

compare Japanese economy to the Chinese economy over the last three decades.

and back to being a vassal state. which you are saying Japanese aspire to to merge with China

heres yours lord Daimyo Niponjin or should I refer you as Sinojin now?

I have no sympathy for your mentality. I mean you gotta pay for the crime of invading China and creating Manchuko and the death of thousands at the hands of Unit 731

at least the Chinese won't be as brutal to Japanese as the Imperial Japan was to Chinese

 

[Aepsilons]

this has nothing to do with inferiority of race, but are Japanese now Han Chinese?? , but it seems the Japanese have become inferior to the Chinese in economic growth.

compare Japanese economy to the Chinese economy over the last three decades.

and back to being a vassal state. which you are saying Japanese aspire to to merge with China

heres yours lord Daimyo Niponjin or should I refer you as Sinojin now?

I have no sympathy for your mentality. I mean you gotta pay for the crime of invading China and creating Manchuko and the death of thousands at the hands of Unit 731

at least the Chinese won't be as brutal to Japanese as the Imperial Japan was to Chinese

LOL, your attempt is just so entertaining. But , please, go ahead, talk more. You reveal more and more about yourself to me and the Japanese patriots who actually read PDF.

As i said before, Americans truly never FAIL to deliver.

 

[C130]

Hehe, you are very mad, good to see you say We are using the big-stick diplomacy, but that's you USA teaching us, Can you guess when China will using big-diplomacy bullying USA?

we are proud at least Theo would be

but two countries with big sticks hitting one another other would be unwise right


how about we make a deal you can have Asia!! which Sinojin has already mentioned wants to be Chinese.

and we'll keep the Americas and Western Europe.

this planet is big enough for a giant and a dragon.

 

[Genesis]

we are proud at least Theo would be

but two countries with big sticks hitting one another other would be unwise right


how about we make a deal you can have Asia!! which Sinojin has already mentioned wants to be Chinese.

and we'll keep the Americas and Western Europe.

this planet is big enough for a giant and a dragon.

How about they all belong to us and you continue to admire your Leo. We like Rio and Frankfurt. LA is not too shabby either.

 

[C130]

LOL, your attempt is just so entertaining. But , please, go ahead, talk more. You reveal more and more about yourself to me and the Japanese patriots who actually read PDF.

As i said before, Americans truly never FAIL to deliver.

Japanese patriots

 

[beijingwalker]

We only wants China. It's typical US mentality that always wants things belonging to others. it's consistent with the fact that US itself was built on a stolen land.

 

[dichoi]

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Australia calls on South China Sea claimants to stop reclamation, militarization
By Patricia Lourdes Viray (philstar.com) | Updated January 22, 2016 - 2:08pm

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2015, file photo, Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a news conference in Berlin. AP/Markus Schreiber, File
MANILA, Philippines - Australia called on all nations with overlapping claims in the South China Sea to stop building artificial islands and avoid militarization in the region.

"We urge all parties, not just China, to refrain from further construction on those islands or reefs, and to refrain from militarization," Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said in a speech during the Martin Luther King Day in the United States.

Turnbull clarified that Australia does not have claims in the disputed sea and does not make any judgment on the legitimacy of any of the competing claims.

The Australian leader noted that the competing claims are a threat to the peace and good order in the region.

He said that the differences among claimant states should be resolved by international law.

"That is why Australia attended, as observers, the merits hearing in The Hague last November, in the case brought by the Philippines under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea," Turnbull said.

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Turnbull stressed that the legitimacy of claims to the reefs and shoals in the South China Sea should be a secondary consideration on the objective of preserving international order.

"So central is the Asia Pacific to the world economy, to global stability, that the preservation of the international order and the peace that it brings has been a consistent and absolutely central objective of both the United States and Australia," the Australian leader said.

Turnbull admitted that all nations would agree that the world has benefited from China's rise but the disruption and instability in the region is a threat.

READ: China denies militarization in South China Sea

"We would hope that China’s actions would be carefully calculated to make conflict less likely, not more, and would seek to reassure neighbours of and build their confidence in China’s intention," Turnbull said.

The Australian Prime Minister said that he is looking forward to the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands on the case of the Philippines against China's nine-dash line claim over the South China Sea.

Turnbull also said that he is looking forward to the US ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

"The US already observes the treaty, which is a product of American leadership and crucial for resolving potential flashpoints in many parts of the globe. Non-ratification diminishes American leadership where it is most needed," the Australian Prime Minister said.

RELATED: US, Australia warn China on sea access | China warns Australia not to take sides on sea row

 

[sweetgrape]

we are proud at least Theo would be

but two countries with big sticks hitting one another other would be unwise right


how about we make a deal you can have Asia!! which Sinojin has already mentioned wants to be Chinese.

and we'll keep the Americas and Western Europe.

this planet is big enough for a giant and a dragon.

Hehe, American is American, just several word can decide how to distribute the world,

China don't want dominate the world, the deal is useless for me, Even China want, you American really can stand it? I don't think so,

The planet is big encough, but ambition is bigger, you can keep bullying other country in the world, but when facing China, hehe, you should be polite, we can drink and dance, if you are rude, can throw you out anytime, you can try again,

 

[vtnsx]

There is no such thing as a 'Japanese Race', my friend. Japanese came from Mainland China. Japanese and Chinese are of the same Mongoloid Race.

We do not see China as inferior, but as a civilizational progenitor. It is the West that perpetuates inferiority with China, but the Japanese do not. To the point that Japan wanted to join with China (tho , i admit, by force) , it says something.

I suppose there has always been a drive to merge with China. To us, China is everything. China is Everything.

Are you doing reverse psychology? lol. One day you're against China, the next you're pro-China. Make up your mind. This is why I don't trust ppl like you. LOL, two-face. I met a few Jap ppl, most are full of $hit.

this has nothing to do with inferiority of race, but are Japanese now Han Chinese?? , but it seems the Japanese have become inferior to the Chinese in economic growth.

compare Japanese economy to the Chinese economy over the last three decades.

and back to being a vassal state. which you are saying Japanese aspire to to merge with China

heres yours lord Daimyo Niponjin or should I refer you as Sinojin now?

I have no sympathy for your mentality. I mean you gotta pay for the crime of invading China and creating Manchuko and the death of thousands at the hands of Unit 731

at least the Chinese won't be as brutal to Japanese as the Imperial Japan was to Chinese

Japanese leaders are their own problems. Their egos are killing them.

Hehe, American is American, just several word can decide how to distribute the world,

China don't want dominate the world, the deal is useless for me, Even China want, you American really can stand it? I don't think so,

The planet is big encough, but ambition is bigger, you can keep bullying other country in the world, but when facing China, hehe, you should be polite, we can drink and dance, if you are rude, can throw you out anytime, you can try again,

You're so smart, you probably didn't even read the Title of this thread. Of course, you want to dominate SCS and then the world.

 

[sicsheep]

LOL, your attempt is just so entertaining. But , please, go ahead, talk more. You reveal more and more about yourself to me and the Japanese patriots who actually read PDF.

As i said before, Americans truly never FAIL to deliver.

Americans wouldn't understand, We never forced any Japanese to write their names in Chinese, or use chopsticks to eat, have we?

Westerners do not understand the history of Asia.