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A comment on China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first half of the 20th century.

Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by hugh4life on Saturday May 19, 2018 @11:36AM (#17108290)
China's claims are weak, but the United States Government's complete inability to prioritize has hurt their ability to confront China. That being said, China is alienating it's neighbors and they will depend on the USG to guarantee freedom of navigation.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by jessaustin on Saturday May 19, 2018 @02:08PM (#17108984)
Most areas in the world would be improved by a reduction in USA interference, just as you describe having happened in the South China Sea. Our omnipresent bullying makes it too easy for potential rivals as well as potential allies. Without us as a foil they take more care in finding their own way. [EDIT: or, to say it less self-centered fashion, possibilities emerge when they can devote fewer resources to handling interference from afar].
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by dionian on Saturday May 19, 2018 @10:32PM (#17110860)
Which Southeastern Asian countries, other than P.R. China, view the USA as a "bully"?

How many of them would consider P.R. China to be more of a bully than the USA?

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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by seanmcdirmid on Saturday May 19, 2018 @06:06PM (#17109976)
Why would such isolstionalism work now when it failed so horribly during the interwar era?
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by arcbyte on Saturday May 19, 2018 @06:38PM (#17110108)
Isolationism != Staying home
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by seanmcdirmid on Saturday May 19, 2018 @07:06PM (#17110215)
No, that is exactly what it means.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by Nomentatus on Saturday May 19, 2018 @07:18PM (#17110260)
The only example I cant think of immediately, Iran, is not so much better off, nor its people.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by jessaustin on Saturday May 19, 2018 @07:38PM (#17110340)
Everyone in Libya was better off before USA and some random Europeans interfered there.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by Nomentatus on Saturday May 19, 2018 @07:57PM (#17110409)
There's been a lot of chaos, but it started before the U.S. intervened, as I remember. The U.S. and European footprint has been very light - maybe, as in Syria, way too light to create order.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by forapurpose on Saturday May 19, 2018 @11:04PM (#17110952)
Not the people in Qaddafi's prisons.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by lostlogin on Saturday May 19, 2018 @08:02PM (#17110425)
I can tell if you’re joking or if I’m misunderstanding (there is a typo in there I assume?). You can’t name any other country that would be better off if the US hadn’t meddled? I can name more than that which my country meddled in and made a mess, and I’m from New Zealand.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by Nomentatus on Saturday May 19, 2018 @08:07PM (#17110443)
I'm from Canada, and we suffer from U.S. nonsense and exploitation (which cost me a brother, actually), but you have to be next to somebody, and they're above average as neighbors, in this world.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by phyller on Monday May 21, 2018 @10:36AM (#17118669)
> but you have to be next to somebody

Unless you are New Zealand :D

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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by Nomentatus on Monday May 21, 2018 @11:18AM (#17119009)
If you prefer I'll change "next to" to "nearest", since I didn't mean to imply contiguity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93New_Zealand_...

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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by lostlogin on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @03:39PM (#17128778)
Thousands of kilometres is too close sometimes.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by Yizahi on Sunday May 20, 2018 @06:01AM (#17112070)
How about reduction of Chinese interference? Or Russian interference? Wouldn't there be a significant improvement in the world after that?
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