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I have increasingly begun to fear the outbreak of a Great Power War in the western Pacific is rapidly becoming inevitable. There are simply too many competing interests and nothing is being done to reduce the danger.
Where to even start. Let's look at all the crisis points.
North Korea
The South China Sea
The Sino-Indian border
Taiwan
Hong Kong
The Senkaku Islands
Just to name a few.
North Korea is constantly threatening to destabilize things and runs the risk of going too far
China claims the territory of other countries in the south china sea solely on the fever dream of Sun Yat Sens retarded 9 dash line he dumped at the Versaille conference in 1919. It was stupid then and it's stupid now.
China and India STILL cannot agree on their border, made all the worse by India protecting the exiled Tibetan Government and China trying to surround India with navy bases.
Taiwan remains protected by America and the Allied World War 2 government of China remains a force in being on the island. A constant thorn in the side of the commies. Whose one country two systems policy in Hong Kong that was designed to return Taiwan to the fold lies on ruins.
On the subject of Hong Kong, the one country two systems idea is ending in spectacular failure as Xi Jinping begins to consider ending the charade and putting hong kong under direct rule. An act that would be a flagrant violation of the hand over agreement with the UK.
As if all of this was not enough China also is pressing claims against a series of uninhabited rocks currently administered by Japan. The Senkaku Islands. Because of course they are.
Combine all of this with ongoing trade disputes with America and the arrogant determination of the Chinese to put Australia into its sphere of influence. Now that one is the one thing guaranteed to make America go berserk. Messing with Japan and Taiwan are a stretch and commitments to both stem from world war 2 obligations. Australia though, is a former component of the British Empire and while America has not come out and said it officially, the British Empire never died. It simply moved its capital from London to Washington DC. The Chinese are already playing with fire with North Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Adding Australia to the mix is Chemical X.
It all points to a dismal picture. The west pacific is careening headlong towards war and nobody seems interested in stopping it. In fact the only effort being expended on all sides seems to be aimed at setting themselves up to win the war when it starts. I give it 20 years at the most
Where to even start. Let's look at all the crisis points.
North Korea
The South China Sea
The Sino-Indian border
Taiwan
Hong Kong
The Senkaku Islands
Just to name a few.
North Korea is constantly threatening to destabilize things and runs the risk of going too far
China claims the territory of other countries in the south china sea solely on the fever dream of Sun Yat Sens retarded 9 dash line he dumped at the Versaille conference in 1919. It was stupid then and it's stupid now.
China and India STILL cannot agree on their border, made all the worse by India protecting the exiled Tibetan Government and China trying to surround India with navy bases.
Taiwan remains protected by America and the Allied World War 2 government of China remains a force in being on the island. A constant thorn in the side of the commies. Whose one country two systems policy in Hong Kong that was designed to return Taiwan to the fold lies on ruins.
On the subject of Hong Kong, the one country two systems idea is ending in spectacular failure as Xi Jinping begins to consider ending the charade and putting hong kong under direct rule. An act that would be a flagrant violation of the hand over agreement with the UK.
As if all of this was not enough China also is pressing claims against a series of uninhabited rocks currently administered by Japan. The Senkaku Islands. Because of course they are.
Combine all of this with ongoing trade disputes with America and the arrogant determination of the Chinese to put Australia into its sphere of influence. Now that one is the one thing guaranteed to make America go berserk. Messing with Japan and Taiwan are a stretch and commitments to both stem from world war 2 obligations. Australia though, is a former component of the British Empire and while America has not come out and said it officially, the British Empire never died. It simply moved its capital from London to Washington DC. The Chinese are already playing with fire with North Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Adding Australia to the mix is Chemical X.
It all points to a dismal picture. The west pacific is careening headlong towards war and nobody seems interested in stopping it. In fact the only effort being expended on all sides seems to be aimed at setting themselves up to win the war when it starts. I give it 20 years at the most
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