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Why downvoting this guy? He is somewhat right. And it is "just" strategic military positioning - to protect the new silk road naval routes. The bases are going
by vetinari 10y ago
Why downvoting this guy? He is somewhat right.
And it is "just" strategic military positioning - to protect the new silk road naval routes. The bases are going to be there so China's naval trade routes cannot be potentially blocked by a hostile naval power.
- chvid 10y agoExactly. To exaggerate things a bit: This is proxy conflict with USA. The South China sea today is under US Navy dominance. Within a decade or so that will no longer be the case. Simply because USA cannot afford an arms race with China.
- vlehto 10y agoI'm expecting anti-tank weaponry being sent to Myanmar by U.S. The bay of Bengal can't be shut down like china seas.
- snowwrestler 10y agoThe U.S. is so far ahead of China in the arms race already that that will not be an issue for decades, if ever. The issue is political will, because ultimately arms only change minds if they are willing to be used. China's government would have a much easier time justifying violence in the South China Sea to the Chinese population, than the U.S. government would have with U.S. citizens.
- vacri 10y ago'somewhat'. The China-Vietnam war was more of a stalemate than the Chinese-proclaimed victory, and war between China and the Philippines would draw in the US, and guess who's going to win that naval battle. Neither side will use nukes over a naval dispute, and China in particular can't afford to get the West off-side, because it's the West that buys the lion's share of it's manufacturing - whereas the West has plenty of other places to look for manufacturing, albeit not at that scale.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> And it is "just" strategic military positioning - to protect the new silk road naval routes. Yeah, it certainly has nothing to do with South China Sea oil reserves, and China's exponentially growing per-capita energy consumption.