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*** 3-Jul-17 World View -- China builds illegal surface-to-air missile sites in South China Sea

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
  • China builds illegal surface-to-air missile sites in South China Sea
  • Xi Jinping threatens Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters with 'Red Line'

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**** China builds illegal surface-to-air missile sites in South China Sea
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Fiery Cross Reef continues is the most advanced of China’s illegal bases, with new missile shelters, radar/communications facilities, and other infrastructure (AMTI)

New satellite images show that China has added reinforced launch sites
for illegal surface-to-air missiles on at least three of China's
illegal artificial islands in the Spratly Islands: Fiery Cross,
Mischief Reef and Subi Reef.

While unarmed launch sites are not, by themselves, a danger to anyone,
they are one step away from armed launch sites. In December, China
moved SA-21 anti-aircraft missile batteries with a 250-mile range to
the island province of Hainan for training. For the time being, they
remain inside China, but could be moved outside China to the illegal
military bases in the South China Sea, where they could be used to
target any aircraft, including American unarmed surveillance flights.

China has claimed the entire South China Sea as its sovereign
territory, and has built artificial islands and military bases.
However, these claims and activities were declared illegal in a ruling
by the United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the
Hague, in a case brought by the Philippines. So all of these
activities by the Chinese are in violation of international law,
although the Chinese don't care about international law except as it
applies to the West.

Furthermore, China promised in 2014 that the artificial islands would
not be used for military purposes. That was obviously a lie, and in
fact any promises that Chinese officials make can be assumed to be
lies, as has been shown this week by the situation in Hong Kong.

On Sunday, an American warship, the USS Stethem, sailed within
12 nautical miles of Triton Island, which is part of the Paracel
Islands in the South China Sea. Triton Island is clearly in
international waters, and the Stethem was performing a
"freedom of navigation operation" (FONOP). These operations have
been going on for years in order to defy China's illegal annexation
of the South China Sea, and to establish that the South China
Sea is international waters through which any ship may pass.

However, China launched a protest, claiming that the Stethem violated
its sovereignty.

According to a statement from China's foreign ministry:

> [indent]<QUOTE>"Under the pretext of ‘freedom of navigation,’ the US
> side once again sent a military vessel into China’s territorial
> waters off the Xisha [Paracel] Islands without China’s approval.
>
> The Chinese side strongly urges the US side to immediately stop
> such kind of provocative operations that violate China’s
> sovereignty and threaten China’s security. The Chinese side will
> continue to take all necessary means to defend national
> sovereignty and security.
>
> China dispatched military vessels and fighter planes in response
> to warn off the US vessel. The Chinese side is dissatisfied with,
> and opposed to, the relevant behavior of the US
> side."<END QUOTE>
[/indent]

China actually has no sovereignty to be "violated" in that region, as
the United Nations Hague Tribunal has ruled, but Chinese thugs do what
they want irrespective of international law.

As regular Generational Dynamics readers know, China has been
aggressively preparing for full-scale war with the United States for
years. They've developed one nuclear ballistic missile system after
another, and manufactured perhaps hundreds of those missiles, with no
other purpose than to destroy American cities, military bases and
aircraft carriers. In the South China Sea, China has been building
illegal artificial islands and illegal military bases, clearly in
preparation to declare war on its neighbors. Generational Dynamics
predicts that, at a time of its choosing, China will launch a
preemptive war against its neighbors and against the United States.
Fox News and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and News.com (Australia)

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**** Xi Jinping threatens Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters with 'Red Line'
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During his speech on Saturday at the 20th anniversary of the handover
of Hong Kong from Britain to China, China's president Xi Jinping made
the claim that the "One Country, Two Systems" was still in effect,
meaning that Hong Kong residents still had freedom of speech free
elections, press freedom, and an independent judiciary.

The claim is laughable, as we reported two days ago.
In 2014, Beijing thugs triggered the
anti-Beijing "Umbrella Movement" by blocking any future free
elections. In 2015, Chinese thugs kidnapped five Hong Kong
booksellers who had published material critical of Beijing's
leadership. And just as Xi Jinping was making his laughable claim
that "One Country, Two Systems" is still in effect, the Beijing
foreign minister announced that it was repudiating the agreement with
Britain that had described the "One China, Two Systems" agreement.

Hong Kong police have been harassing and jailing pro-democracy
demonstrators all week, making sure that no freedom of speech will be
permitted.

At his speech on Saturday, Xi Jinping drew a "Red Line," warning
anyone that any attempts to undermine sovereignty or to challenge
Beijing's power would be severely punished:

> [indent]<QUOTE>"Any attempt to endanger national sovereignty and
> security, challenge the power of the central government and the
> authority of the Basic Law of the HKSAR (Hong Kong Special
> Administrative Region) or use Hong Kong to carry out infiltration
> and sabotage activities against the mainland is an act that
> crosses the red line, and is absolutely
> impermissible."<END QUOTE>
[/indent]

So Xi Jinping is just one more thug who threatens even peaceful
pro-democracy protesters with severe punishment. Xinhua and LA Times

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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, China, Xi Jinping,
South China Sea, Fiery Cross Reef, Mischief Reef, Subi Reef,
SA-21 anti-aircraft missiles,
United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration, PCA,
USS Stethem, Paracel Islands, Triton Island,
Hong Kong, Umbrella Movement

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