Over the horizon
China is a growing problem. If they get away with military posturing like this it will only lead to larger confrontations down the road.
TOKYO, Oct. 21 -- China has completed at least one new drilling platform in the East China Sea and may already be tapping into hotly contested natural gas and oil fields, escalating a dispute with Japan over the rights to billions of dollars worth of underwater energy reserves, according to Japanese reconnaissance data.
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Twice in the past six weeks, Japanese officials said, they have detected five warships dispatched by China "in a show of force" near the drilling sites. Beijing has said the ships were merely conducting "ordinary exercises" in the region.
-Washington Post
Secretary of State Rice has her work cut out for her. Hopefully she's working Russia and India into an alliance to counter any Chinese aggression.
TOKYO, Oct. 21 -- China has completed at least one new drilling platform in the East China Sea and may already be tapping into hotly contested natural gas and oil fields, escalating a dispute with Japan over the rights to billions of dollars worth of underwater energy reserves, according to Japanese reconnaissance data.
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Twice in the past six weeks, Japanese officials said, they have detected five warships dispatched by China "in a show of force" near the drilling sites. Beijing has said the ships were merely conducting "ordinary exercises" in the region.
-Washington Post
Secretary of State Rice has her work cut out for her. Hopefully she's working Russia and India into an alliance to counter any Chinese aggression.