01-27-2017, 05:37 PM
(01-27-2017, 05:25 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:(01-27-2017, 10:19 AM)SomeGuy Wrote: > I still question if that issue is going to be salient within the
> present turning. If it really wanted to directly acquire
> mineral-rich, barely habitable territory, why wouldn't it start
> with, say, Mongolia? Small population, big territory, historic
> claims, lots of resources, no nukes, etc. Going straight for
> nuclear war seems a bit of a drastic step. Even Hitler built up
> to invading Russia gradually, with lots of trial runs in
> Czechoslovakia, Poland, Austria, France, Norway, the
> Netherlands...
> A few decades from now, maybe, but not? Color me skeptical.
>
If that's true, then why is China building illegal artificial islands
and military bases in the South China Sea, and why is China
threatening Japan over the Senkaku islands?
To secure its sealanes and fisheries? Or is it really just to lull the Russians into a false sense of confidence?
