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Re:What China Has Been Building in the South China Sea by qiqing on Friday July 31, 2015 @02:23PM (#9983396)
That actually seems like a pretty good strategy, TBH. Not saying this in an inflammatory way, as this seems applicable to a lot of other areas.

Execute massive land grab first to get strategic high ground, and then bitflip your previous moves to be wrong for anyone else to do. That makes sure that anyone else trying to catch up to you is unable to do so. Boom. Barriers to entry. Done.

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Re:What China Has Been Building in the South China Sea by noir_lord on Friday July 31, 2015 @02:27PM (#9983422)
The British empire built itself on the backs of foreigners (everything up to and including slavery) and in many way shaped the world the way it is now.

However the world has moved on, that it moved on at a time when the West was dominant (for now) wasn't planned it was just how it was.

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Re:What China Has Been Building in the South China Sea by cheapsteak on Saturday August 01, 2015 @01:47AM (#9986104)
> the world has moved on

If your definition of "the world" excludes the words largest country by territory and the largest country by population.

It would seem more fitting to instead say "the West has moved on".

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