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The_Goat Member
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iah87 Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:23 am Post subject: |
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It could be any body in South and SE Asia. China is currently in dispute with Vietnam, Japan, Philippines, India, Taiwan. But the spat with Vietnam is turning ugly though. |
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Spiderguy252 Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:15 am Post subject: |
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Waging war on any country will surely come at a cost to China's economic growth.
I fail to see the motivation to do so, beyond glib statements such as these. _________________ Yeah. |
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Nimish Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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Well - he could just be playing to the audience. When addressing the army - you probably don't talk about "more flood relief work coming up" _________________ We miss you Nalini! |
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The_Goat Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Spiderguy252 wrote: | Waging war on any country will surely come at a cost to China's economic growth.
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Vietnam can be cleaned up by the Chinese Army in a day, with minimum cost to their exchequer.
Japan , India, Phillipines and Taiwan are tougher propositions. I really doubt the Chinese will want to risk a war with a nuclear armed India or with the US (by taking on Taiwan, Phillipines or Japan).
But still, it is a highly irresponsible statement by Xi. Almost as bad as Dubya saying that he will do 'whatever it takes' to defend Taiwan. _________________ I don't know which is the more pampered bunch : AI's widebodies (the aunties) or Jet's widebodies (the planes).
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ssbmat Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:13 am Post subject: |
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Nimish wrote: | Well - he could just be playing to the audience. When addressing the army - you probably don't talk about "more flood relief work coming up" |
Agreed. First of all, he looks hardly a nitwit- he'd rather make others look like a nitwit.
I think this is more about browbeating its neighbours. Especially India, whose importance it wants to undermine to a regional, "South Asian" level, as opposed to an influential world power. And that is a fact, let us not kid ourselves. |
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