TB, care to tell me those China-scare stories again?

[callmeslick]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hagel ... ier-n73626

the SOLE aircraft carrier? Like, they only have ONE FREAKING AIRCRAFT CARRIER? And, this is the nation that terrifies you on a regular basis?
Yeesh! You scare easy.

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Tell that to our allies in the South China Sea. We may not feel the threat here at home, but our allies are all asking for a stronger US presence. China doesn't need aircraft carriers in light of this and ours there completely and entirely exposes them to N.Korea's (China's rabid mutt) missile's.

EDIT: How many aircraft carriers does Russia have?

[woodchip]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hagel ... ier-n73626

the SOLE aircraft carrier? Like, they only have ONE FREAKING AIRCRAFT CARRIER? And, this is the nation that terrifies you on a regular basis?
Yeesh! You scare easy.

Yeah, all they have is one aircraft carrier. Lets ignore all the ICBM's they have and a constantly improving space program. I feel so much safer knowing slick is keeping an eye on things.

[Nightshade]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hagel ... ier-n73626

the SOLE aircraft carrier? Like, they only have ONE FREAKING AIRCRAFT CARRIER? And, this is the nation that terrifies you on a regular basis?
Yeesh! You scare easy.

You don't need an aircraft carrier when you've got nukes you can launch from a submarine. Anyway, the carrier will be used to further bully smaller countries.

Carriers are not as useful now as they used to be- not against asymmetric and unconventional forces.

The Chinese only want to deny access to the US and annex territory. They're watching events in Ukraine closely and see how powerless and weak the west is. They'll only be emboldened to act recklessly.

[Burlyman]

Xerxes lol

[Nightshade]

Vietnam might be a little scared...

http://chinadailymail.com/2014/05/18/la ... am-border/

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subc ... 0518000085

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/682973- ... r/?photo=3







Chinese Military Said to Be Massing Near the Vietnam Border (+Photos)

Troops, tanks, trucks, artillery, and armored personnel carriers of China’s military were seen heading to the Vietnamese border on May 16 and 17, according to photographs taken by by residents near the border.

Chinese netizens have been posting photographs of the large movement of the People’s Liberation Army, many of them showing Chinese troops in full combat gear heading to the local train station in Chongzuo, along with military vehicles.

One netizen said the Chinese military was taking the train from the Chongzuo station to Pingxiang City, which shares a 60-mile border with Vietnam. The netizen said that the Huu Nghi Border Gate to Vietnam is also now closed.

One of the photos, taken from inside a passenger train, shows the Chinese military preparing artillery for transport on a train track. Others show Chinese troops and military vehicles traveling along dirt roads.

Another photograph shows troops walking under the red-colored entrance to the Longzhou International Building Materials Market, on Provincial Road in the city of Chongzuo.

This is in the wake of the massive protests and attacks against Chinese factories and citizens by Vietnamese angry that China has blatantly violated Vietnamese waters with an oil rig and 62(or more) Chinese military and civilian ships surrounding it.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/m ... na-oil-rig

[Nightshade]

Also:

China steps up speed of oil stockpiling as tensions mount in Asia

China is stockpiling oil for its strategic petroleum reserve at a record pace, intervening on a scale large enough to send a powerful pulse through the world crude market.
The move comes as tensions mount in the South China Sea, and the West prepares possible oil sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Eastern Ukraine. Analysts believe China is quietly building up buffers against a possible spike in oil prices or disruptions in supply.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its latest monthly report that China imported 6.81m barrels a day in April, an all-time high. This is raising eyebrows since China’s economy has been slowing for months, with slump conditions in the steel industry and a sharp downturn in new construction.
The agency estimates that 1.4m b/d was funnelled into China’s fast-expanding network of storage facilities, deeming it “an unprecedented build”. Shipments were heavily concentrated at Chinese ports nearest the new reserve basins at Tianjin and Huangdao. “We think this is a big deal,” said one official.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... -Asia.html

...The Chinese media has been calling for action to “teach Vietnam a lesson”, echoing the language of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping before he launched an attack on Vietnam in the disastrous war of 1979...

[Nightshade]

China Attacks, Sinks Vietnamese Fishing Vessel, Situation "Very Tense"

As if global investors needed another excuse to buy stocks, China has escalated geopolitical tensions to 11 on the Spinal Tap amplifier of seriousness. With over 70 vessels in and around the Paracel Islands - where China has provocatively placed an oil rig in disputed Vietnamese territorial waters - it was only a matter of time before the blue touch paper was lit. As Yahoo Japan reports, a Vietnamese fishing vessel has sunk after being rammed by a Chinese vessel and the 10 fishermen have been rescued. While Vietnam has not responded yet, the Coast Guard warned "the situation at the site it very tense."

*CHINESE SHIP ATTACKS, SINKS VIETNAMESE FISHING BOAT, NEWS SAYS
*CHINESE SHIP ATTACKS, SINKS VIETNAM FISHNG BOAT, BINH SAYS
*LE HAI BINH, VIETNAM FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, SAYS BY PHONE
“It sank,” ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said of the Vietnamese vessel. “It was rammed by a Chinese boat.”



http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-2 ... very-tense

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-2 ... -says.html

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[Ferno]

jesus christ thunderbunny, you need to get out of that fuckin bomb shelter you're in.

[woodchip]

jesus christ thunderbunny, you need to get out of that fuckin bomb shelter you're in.

And you need to get your head out of the ostrich hole it is in. TB brings up a possible war scenario and you jump on his case. Why?

[Ferno]

jesus christ thunderbunny, you need to get out of that fuckin bomb shelter you're in.

And you need to get your head out of the ostrich hole it is in. TB brings up a possible war scenario and you jump on his case. Why?

dude, he brings up the worst case scenario in EVERY THREAD HE'S IN. and none of it has turned out to be true.

He wants to run around here crying wolf almost weekly? he's going to get called on it.