China - Is she getting frisky?

Power projection costs a lot of money. Power projection in multiple regions concurrently costs a lot as well. When the US got out of Vietnam, and also moved to move to an engage China as an offset to the Soviet Union, there was an inclination to back off a presence in East Asia.

At that time, China was not a growing economic power and had no resources for power projection.

Times have changed, the US got focused on Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.

An interesting thing now, is that the US is shifting its focus back, hence agreements with Australia and moves with the the Philipenes. That being said, as I noted before, China's enormous economic growth, along with their increased appetite for resources sets them up as a primary player there. Bases are stationary targets though, and that force projection capability of China is growing.

I'm just stating that as there is no permanent base in the region, it leaves the door open for China, as having a US Fleet in the South China sea is ok, but if tensions rose to the point where your forces went to defcon 2 or even to defcon 1, where will that fleets replentishment come from?

The thing is, short of preventive war (which I am pretty sure you are not advocating, what China does in terms of its capability is pretty much up to China.

Of course it you would like to divert China for a while, someone needs to change the meds the powers in North Korea are consuming -- instead of focusing on the threat of the rest of the world, have them focus on China as the primary threat....

stationary targets though, and that force projection capability of China is growing.

Yes & that is very worrying.

Hmm, China has taken a rather broad definition of their 'domestic' sea territory. Ask the Japanese, Philipenes, Vietnam and Indonesia.

They also have a rather board definition of their 'domestic' land territory (Tibet, India, Vietnam).

Of course that is in addition to their rather broad definition of natural resource requirements (Africa, Iran, Burma, Australia, South America).

Add those up and get more than just a bit of what one might well argue is imperialism.

It really would be a strange turn of events if China decides to become an aggressively imperialist nation. I would just hope that their main interest is in peace.

China is becoming worrying upon the world stage, but at present too few people take that view ...

Well,..... crap.

It means I totally agree. And feel a sense of "fear".

[I forgot to translate American speak into English] :-)

Yeah, I got it, but I'm bilingual, I speak American and understand English <g>

It means I totally agree. And feel a sense of "fear".

[I forgot to translate American speak into English] :-)

Yeah, I got it, but I'm bilingual, I speak American and understand English <g>

It means I totally agree. And feel a sense of "fear".

[I forgot to translate American speak into English] :-)

Skill -- actually, my accent is close to that -- I did my 'wonderbread' years in central NY -- way upstate and more midwest than east coast.

No wonder you, Sargent and I find so much in common <g>

Mine too. Upstate NY. :-)

It is a conspiracy!

No wonder you, Sargent and I find so much in common <g>

Mine too. Upstate NY. :-)

I'm up here too