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*** 4-Jan-19 World View -- Britain may establish a military base in South China Sea after Brexit
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Britain may establish a military base in South China Sea after Brexit
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Gavin Williamson
In the 1800s, Britain was the world's superpower. Now, Britain's
Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson says that Britain could return
to being a "true global power" after Brexit.
According to Williamson, Britain will become a much more
important world player after Brexit:
<QUOTE>"This is our biggest moment as a nation since the end
of the Second World War, when we can recast ourselves in a
different way, we can actually play the role on the world stage
that the world expects us to play.
For so long - literally for decades - so much of our national
view point has actually been coloured by a discussion about the
European Union.
This is our moment to be that true global player once more - and
I think the armed forces play a really important role as part of
that.
I am very much looking at how can we get as much of our resources
forward based, actually creating a deterrent but also taking a
British presence. We are looking at those opportunities not just
in the Far East but also in the Caribbean as well."<END QUOTE>
Williamson did not specify specifically where the bases would be, but
unnamed sources say that one could be sited in Singapore or Brunei,
adjacent to the South China Sea. The other could be Montserrat or
Guyana in the Caribbean. The bases would be created "within the next
couple of years."
The U.K. already has bases in Cyprus, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands
and Diego Garcia. Williamson said he expected a dramatic shift in
political focus after Brexit - with the UK building deeper
relationships with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Caribbean states
and nations across Africa.
China claims the entire South China Sea as its sovereign territory,
based on some fantasy historical claims. During the last few months,
I've been intensively studying Chinese history, and I've found that
not only do the Chinese have absolutely no historical claim whatsoever
to the South China Sea, but in fact they weren't even interested in
the South China Sea until after World War II, when they decided to
annex it in order to steal resources from other countries.
In fact, in 2016 the Philippines won a historic case in the United
Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague thoroughly
humiliating China by ruling that all of China's activities in the
South China Sea are illegal and in violation of international law.
However, as a criminal outlaw
state, China has continued building illegal military bases in the
South China Sea, annexing the region illegally just as Hitler annexed
Poland.
The Chinese claim that they would be a great nation today if they
hadn't been victimized by Britain in the Opium Wars of the 1840s. The
Chinese claim that they've been repeatedly victimized and humiliated
by the West for 170 years, when in fact that Chinese have repeatedly
been so credulous and so incompetent at governing themselves, they
actually allowed themselves to be humiliated time after time.
And so a new British military base in the South China Sea is certain
to provoke the usual hysterical screams from the paranoid Chinese
Communist Party, and there's no way to tell how they'll react, or
whether they'll retaliate militarily. Daily Mirror (UK) and Special Broadcasting Service (Australia) and Bloomberg
Related Articles
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**** US State Dept issues elevated travel warning for China
****
The State Department has issued an elevated travel warning for people
considering travel to China. Particularly alarming is China's use of
exit bans to lure individuals back to China from abroad. Once in
China, individuals can be arbitrarily arrested and tortured, with no
access to lawyers or the outside world, and may be arbitrarily jailed
for years with no trial and even no charges.
The State Department advisory says the following:
<QUOTE>"Exercise increased caution in China due to arbitrary
enforcement of local laws as well as special restrictions on dual
U.S.-Chinese nationals.
Chinese authorities have asserted broad authority to prohibit
U.S. citizens from leaving China by using ‘exit bans,’ sometimes
keeping U.S. citizens in China for years. China uses exit bans
coercively:
In most cases, U.S. citizens only become aware of the exit ban
when they attempt to depart China, and there is no method to find
out how long the ban may continue. U.S. citizens under exit bans
have been harassed and threatened.
U.S. citizens may be detained without access to U.S. consular
services or information about their alleged crime. U.S. citizens
may be subjected to prolonged interrogations and extended
detention for reasons related to “state security.” Security
personnel may detain and/or deport U.S. citizens for sending
private electronic messages critical of the Chinese government.
Extra security measures, such as security checks and increased
levels of police presence, are common in the Xinjiang Uighur and
Tibet Autonomous Regions. Authorities may impose curfews and
travel restrictions on short notice.
China does not recognize dual nationality. U.S.-Chinese citizens
and U.S. citizens of Chinese heritage may be subject to additional
scrutiny and harassment, and China may prevent the U.S. Embassy
from providing consular services."<END QUOTE>
Special care should be taken when visiting Xinjiang province, where
China has arbitrarily jailed as many as a million Muslim Uighurs,
subjecting them to "reeducation" torture, rapes and beatings.
US State Dept. and CNBC and Business Insider
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Britain, Gavin Williamson, Brexit,
China, South China Sea, Singapore, Brunei,
Caribbean, Montserrat, Guyana,
Cyprus, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Diego Garcia,
United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration, PCA,
Opium Wars, Xinjiang Province, Uighurs
Permanent web link to this article
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Britain may establish a military base in South China Sea after Brexit
- US State Dept issues elevated travel warning for China
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**** Britain may establish a military base in South China Sea after Brexit
****
Gavin Williamson
In the 1800s, Britain was the world's superpower. Now, Britain's
Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson says that Britain could return
to being a "true global power" after Brexit.
According to Williamson, Britain will become a much more
important world player after Brexit:
<QUOTE>"This is our biggest moment as a nation since the end
of the Second World War, when we can recast ourselves in a
different way, we can actually play the role on the world stage
that the world expects us to play.
For so long - literally for decades - so much of our national
view point has actually been coloured by a discussion about the
European Union.
This is our moment to be that true global player once more - and
I think the armed forces play a really important role as part of
that.
I am very much looking at how can we get as much of our resources
forward based, actually creating a deterrent but also taking a
British presence. We are looking at those opportunities not just
in the Far East but also in the Caribbean as well."<END QUOTE>
Williamson did not specify specifically where the bases would be, but
unnamed sources say that one could be sited in Singapore or Brunei,
adjacent to the South China Sea. The other could be Montserrat or
Guyana in the Caribbean. The bases would be created "within the next
couple of years."
The U.K. already has bases in Cyprus, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands
and Diego Garcia. Williamson said he expected a dramatic shift in
political focus after Brexit - with the UK building deeper
relationships with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Caribbean states
and nations across Africa.
China claims the entire South China Sea as its sovereign territory,
based on some fantasy historical claims. During the last few months,
I've been intensively studying Chinese history, and I've found that
not only do the Chinese have absolutely no historical claim whatsoever
to the South China Sea, but in fact they weren't even interested in
the South China Sea until after World War II, when they decided to
annex it in order to steal resources from other countries.
In fact, in 2016 the Philippines won a historic case in the United
Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague thoroughly
humiliating China by ruling that all of China's activities in the
South China Sea are illegal and in violation of international law.
However, as a criminal outlaw
state, China has continued building illegal military bases in the
South China Sea, annexing the region illegally just as Hitler annexed
Poland.
The Chinese claim that they would be a great nation today if they
hadn't been victimized by Britain in the Opium Wars of the 1840s. The
Chinese claim that they've been repeatedly victimized and humiliated
by the West for 170 years, when in fact that Chinese have repeatedly
been so credulous and so incompetent at governing themselves, they
actually allowed themselves to be humiliated time after time.
And so a new British military base in the South China Sea is certain
to provoke the usual hysterical screams from the paranoid Chinese
Communist Party, and there's no way to tell how they'll react, or
whether they'll retaliate militarily. Daily Mirror (UK) and Special Broadcasting Service (Australia) and Bloomberg
Related Articles
- Xi Jinping's speech on 'the humiliation of the Chinese nation for centuries' (30-Dec-2018)
- China's claims to the South China Sea are amazingly vacuous (22-Sep-2018)
- Xi Jinping invokes the 1840s Opium Wars to justify military action for China's 'rejuvenation' (21-Mar-2018)
- Britain 'provokes' China by sending warship into South China Sea (07-Sep-2018)
- Philippines humiliates China in harsh Hague Tribunal ruling over South China Sea (13-Jul-2016)
- Brexit chaos continues as Britain heads for March 29 cliff (02-Jan-2019)
****
**** US State Dept issues elevated travel warning for China
****
The State Department has issued an elevated travel warning for people
considering travel to China. Particularly alarming is China's use of
exit bans to lure individuals back to China from abroad. Once in
China, individuals can be arbitrarily arrested and tortured, with no
access to lawyers or the outside world, and may be arbitrarily jailed
for years with no trial and even no charges.
The State Department advisory says the following:
<QUOTE>"Exercise increased caution in China due to arbitrary
enforcement of local laws as well as special restrictions on dual
U.S.-Chinese nationals.
Chinese authorities have asserted broad authority to prohibit
U.S. citizens from leaving China by using ‘exit bans,’ sometimes
keeping U.S. citizens in China for years. China uses exit bans
coercively:
- to compel U.S. citizens to participate in Chinese
government investigations,
- to lure individuals back to China from abroad, and
- to aid Chinese authorities in resolving civil disputes in
favor of Chinese parties.
In most cases, U.S. citizens only become aware of the exit ban
when they attempt to depart China, and there is no method to find
out how long the ban may continue. U.S. citizens under exit bans
have been harassed and threatened.
U.S. citizens may be detained without access to U.S. consular
services or information about their alleged crime. U.S. citizens
may be subjected to prolonged interrogations and extended
detention for reasons related to “state security.” Security
personnel may detain and/or deport U.S. citizens for sending
private electronic messages critical of the Chinese government.
Extra security measures, such as security checks and increased
levels of police presence, are common in the Xinjiang Uighur and
Tibet Autonomous Regions. Authorities may impose curfews and
travel restrictions on short notice.
China does not recognize dual nationality. U.S.-Chinese citizens
and U.S. citizens of Chinese heritage may be subject to additional
scrutiny and harassment, and China may prevent the U.S. Embassy
from providing consular services."<END QUOTE>
Special care should be taken when visiting Xinjiang province, where
China has arbitrarily jailed as many as a million Muslim Uighurs,
subjecting them to "reeducation" torture, rapes and beatings.
US State Dept. and CNBC and Business Insider
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Britain, Gavin Williamson, Brexit,
China, South China Sea, Singapore, Brunei,
Caribbean, Montserrat, Guyana,
Cyprus, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Diego Garcia,
United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration, PCA,
Opium Wars, Xinjiang Province, Uighurs
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal
John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe
