Vulture Capitalist George Soros

Vulture Capitalist  George Soros All that 'democracy promotion' is just investment in lining up the next political/economic/material carcass that American capitalists intend to dismember, to the detriment of the people of successive nations that they prey on while pretending to support noble ideals. See Gorgeous George's track record, below. The name of the capitalist game is exploiting ideals, like they exploit all else. Ideals are employed as exploitative tools/means of weakening foreign nation target states, by American snake oil salesmen. -------/\/\/  If you love something Set it free... ; -------/\/\/  World, time tell old George Soros to piss off, take his 'charitable' donations elsewhere — to the oppressed citizens of the American empire. Democratise the wealth of American capitalists ... set it free. The Soros Dossier Case of Malaysia "Up until the mid-1990s currency crisis, Malaysia was a staunch follower of globalisation, albeit taking significant steps toward development in the years following its independence.  Since the British deployment of George Soros into Southeast Asia to loot the currencies of these nations, Malaysia has changed its view." ... "In September 1998, Dr Mahathir shocked the world by declaring  sovereign currency controls on the Malaysian ringgit setting currency to a fixed exchange rate against the dollar, and thereby effectively ending the speculators' ability to loot the country through currency speculation.  Soros and the entire Western financial oligarchy went berserk, claiming that Dr Mahathir's actions against IMF ideology would bring damnation down upon his country.  In fact, as was later obvious to all, his defense of the nation's sovereignty saved the population from devastation suffered by every other nation that had been subjected to Soros' butcher knife." "Following Malaysia's break with globalisation, London launched an even nastier operation to create an internal crisis in Malaysia.  Anwar Ibrahim was the deputy prime minister and chosen heir to Mahathir; he became the target to carry out the Empire's brutal operation." "Anwar was later kicked out his his post as deputy prime minister because he "lacked the moral standards required to lead the nation.  Financed by Soros and his cronies through the Open Society Foundation, Anwar proceeded to launch a campaign to bring down the government of Malaysia.  He portrayed himself as a freedom fighter and champion of free market society, denouncing the new government's protectionist economic policies and accusing them of carrying out a conspiracy to destroy him.  Meanwhile, Soros' Human Rights and Open Society organisations played their part in labelling Mahathir as the "last of the old-line Asian authoritarians" and showed Anwar as the 'reformer' trying to free the people of Malaysia.  The Western media, including Wall Street Journal, continued to fuel the turmoil in Malaysia, saying:  "The sacking ... signalled the end of a battle for the soul of an important nation ..."" SOURCE http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2008/2008_20-29/2008-27/pdf/75-77_3526.pdf SOURCE http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/02/george_soros_and_the_alchemy_o.html Archive:  http://archive.is/wQ2sd SUMMARY -- Soros spends $25 million on Presidential election -- his candidate John Kerry (2004) -- Soros sees 'difficult economic conditions' (ie crippling nations economically) -- as a means of manipulating regime change in the shortest way -- 1992:  Soros ripped off the British taxpayers - Black September currency speculation -- 1994:  proclaimed his machinations brought down the Soviet Union          Soros told New Republic interviewer to report that:  "the former Soviet Empire is now called the Soros Empire." -- 1997:  Soros accused by PM of Malaysia (Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad) of causing financial collapse by undermining South East Asian economies by destabilising their currencies -- 1997: Soros branded in Thailand as 'economic war criminal'               Soros branded in Thailand as bloodsucker of people -- 1998:  Soros describe as up to his neck in Russian ruble collapse -- 1998:  Soros:  buying up east European resources in at 'fire-sale' prices -- 1999:  Russia-gate Scandal       US investigation re $100 BILLION diverted out of Russia       -- forcing collapse of Russian currency; &       -- default on IMF enormous loans:       Soros admitted he had used INSIDER ACCESS        in deal BARRED to foreign investors       to acquire an enormous portion of:  SIDANKO OIL        -- Russia-gate scandal was quickly eclipsed in public attention -- by Clinton's Monica-gate 2006:  Soros caught & charged with ILLEGAL INSIDER TRADING           re:  attempted takeover - Societe Generale bank           -- Soros convicted (2 separate appeals upheld, last in June 2006)           -- let off wiht mere chickenfeed to multi-billionaire:              $2.9 million fine 2003:  Soros predicting downfall of US dollar amid a slump against euro SOURCE http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/02/george_soros_and_the_alchemy_o.html -------/\/\/ 'Gorgeous George' update: Conviction Upheld - Oct 2011 "Soros Loses Case Against French Insider-Trading Conviction" "Soros has given away more than $8 billion in the last 30 years to promote democracy, foster free speech, improve education and fight poverty around the world" Bloomberg ---------------------- ---------------------- SOURCE http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/02/george_soros_and_the_alchemy_o.html February 27, 2008 George Soros and the Alchemy of 'Regime Change' By Kyle-Anne Shiver What does a very aged multi-billionaire do after he spends $25 million dollars to force a presidential election his way, and still falls flat on his face?  Well, of course, he tries and tries again. When George Soros failed to obtain the election of his candidate, John Kerry, in 2004, he brooded for a while, even said he might get out of politics altogether, but he just couldn't stop himself.  He has stated publicly that he wishes to burst the "bubble of American supremacy," because he says our preeminence in the world is a detriment to global "equilibrium."  So far, he has failed, but he keeps on trying. And Mr. Soros has made no secret either of the fact that he sees the shortest way to effect political shake-ups, what he terms "regime changes," is through very difficult economic conditions. America has not yet felt the full force of Soros style economic shock treatment.  But others have. Soros made his first billion in 1992 by shorting the British pound with leveraged billions in financial bets, and became known as the man who broke the Bank of England.  He broke it on the backs of hard-working British citizens who immediately saw their homes severely devalued and their life savings cut drastically in comparative worth almost overnight. When the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 threatened to spread globally, George Soros was right in the thick of it.  Soros was accused by the Malaysian Prime Minister of causing the collapse with his monetary machinations, and he was branded in Thailand as an "economic war criminal" who "sucks the blood from the people."  Right in the middle of this crisis, Soros dashed off his book, The Crisis of Global Capitalism, which demanded a "third way" toward economic stability. Coincidentally, or not, during the height of the fears of worldwide recession, then President Clinton told the New York Times that he was proposing a "third way" between capitalism and socialism.  Unfortunately for Soros, U.S. markets rebounded quickly, his predicted catastrophe was forestalled, and his brave new global economic plans receded for a bit. This may have been to Soros' own good, though, because he was by 1998 up to his neck in the collapse of the Russian ruble, and buying up valuable East European resources at fire-sale prices. And why not? He had already been widely proclaiming that it was his own machinations that brought down the Soviet Empire.  When asked about his sphere of influence in the Soviets' demise for a New Republic interview in 1994, Mr. Soros humbly replied that the author ought to report that "the former Soviet Empire is now called the Soros Empire." When our House Banking Committee investigated the Russia-gate scandal in 1999, trying to determine just how $100 billion had been diverted out of Russia, forcing the collapse of its currency and the default of its enormous loans from the International Monetary Fund, Soros was even called to testify.  He denied involvement of course, but finally admitted that he had used insider access in a deal that was barred to foreign investors to acquire a huge chunk of Sidanko Oil. The Russia scandal was labeled by Rep. Jim Leach, then head of the House Banking Committee to be "one of the greatest social robberies in human history." (Shadow Party; David Horowitz and Richard Poe; p. 96) Of course, Russia-gate was quickly hushed up and pushed aside in the public's lurid, and quite insatiable, interest in Monica-gate. Then, George Soros did some more shady economic fooling around in France.  And he actually got caught and charged with illegal insider trading in his attempt to takeover the Societe Generale bank.  He was convicted and the conviction was upheld in 2 separate appeals, the last in June of 2006.  They let him off, however, with a piddling $2.9 million fine. Mere chicken feed to a multi-billionaire. Of course, since George Soros is a naturalized American citizen, it is difficult to imagine just why he would intentionally want to bring about our own economic collapse. But from all appearances, that might be exactly what he has on his mind. By 2003, Soros was already predicting the downfall of the dollar.  In a CNBC interview, amid a slump in the dollar's value against the Euro, Soros added fuel to that fire by stating that he was already selling dollars.  His statement, in turn, caused a further decline in the international worth of the dollar. When George Soros speaks, hedge fund managers and world financiers listen. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to bring about the "October Surprise"  U.S. economic downturn in time for the 2004 election.  Our economy proved too resilient for him then. But he hasn't stopped predicting that yearned-for recession that would spoil things for his political foes, the Republicans. Just after he failed in 2004 to bring about Bush's demise, he went right on trying to force a conclusion to his self-fulfilling prophecy of doom for the U.S.  And this year, it appears as though he may have finally hit pay dirt in the sub-prime meltdown which threatens to actually bring on that long hoped-for recession. In Davos this year, at the World Economic Forum, Soros even went so far as to say that the current housing "bust" would signal the end of the dollar as the world's default currency.     "The current crisis is not only the bust that follows the housing boom," Soros said. "It's basically the end of a 60-year period of continuing credit expansion based on the dollar as the reserve currency." Being that Mr. Soros' stated goal for more than a decade has been to burst the "bubble of American supremacy," it stands to reason that the financial gloom he is predicting for us would be precisely his own little cup of tea. And if the economic picture is bleak in this election year, who stands to benefit?  Why, the Democrats, of course, the beneficiaries of Soros' 527 largesse. And Mr. Soros, along with his "progressive" friends may stand at the ready to issue in their vision of America by strategically re-writing the Constitution. In April 2005, Soros' Open Society Institute was the primary sponsor of a conference at Yale Law School, called, "The Constitution in 2020."  The conference's task was to produce "a progressive vision of what the Constitution ought to be." (Emphasis mine.)  When one sees references in progressive speak about the "evolutionary character of constitutional law," they are talking about changing the Constitution to formally enshrine their policy preferences so they can avoid the messy necessity of having to win elections. (Shadow Party; Horowitz and Poe; p. 71) It would seem, then, that progressives stand at the threshold of fulfilling their wildest dreams right here on American shores.  With a Republican Party in disarray, the economy seemingly poised on the brink of recession, one candidate with the charisma of a snake charmer and another master schemer as backup, and a new Constitution already being planned, what will stand in their way? These folks have designs not only on a reinvention of America, but on the whole world. Both Democrat candidates for the presidency have plans for an American cure for global poverty that make our current, quite generous, foreign aid look like a tiny Band-Aid. Hillary's utopian plan is of a global village, where the role of America is that of supreme benefactor, with herself as our beneficent queen.  Hillary's plans for the redistribution of American wealth extend benefits not just to other Americans, but to every other country in need. Obama, too, sees global poverty as the root cause of all evil in the world, including crime, war and terrorism.  His single piece of signature legislation in the Senate is a bill that would authorize an additional $845 billion from American tax payers to eradicate global poverty, and legislate a demand on future presidents to bring America in line with UN mandates on percentage of national GDP given to fight global poverty. These plans are in perfect sync with Soros' own support for the Tobin Tax, a global tax on currency transactions.  This taxation would be forced on sovereign nations by an international body, coercing capitalist economies into sharing their wealth with poor nations for the eradication of poverty and the myriad problems associated with it. So, that which we and our ancestors have sacrificed to build and maintain will be stolen from us and our offspring and given away by the new Robin Hoods, George Soros and the Democratic Party, who seem to envision global perfection at last, with every single soul living happily ever after in absolute peace and harmony, together singing kumbaya in the same language...the language of love. And only God knows what can save America from being the sacrificial fodder for their grand, megalomaniacal delusion. Saner heads prevailing, perhaps? Kyle-Anne Shiver is a frequent contributor to American Thinker.  She welcomes your comments at kyleanneshiver@yahoo.com. SOURCE http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/02/george_soros_and_the_alchemy_o.html Archive:  http://archive.is/wQ2sd

Foreign Updates - Middle East, Asia, Random

Random #Diplomatic US press attaché Johann Schmonsees has denied reports embassy in Riyadh shut down over security concern http://www.arabianbusiness.com/us-saudi-embassy-denies-security-shutdown-603700.html Iran protests - UK embassy reopening - counter-revolutionary both to continue operating by charges d'affaires Iran critics say: UK embassy has record support for spying ops, organisation of street unrests & assassination of scientists http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/199789 New Chapter Tehran-London Ties: Iran’s Envoy all diplomatic activities to be gradually re-established http://www.tasnimnews.com/english/Home/Single/838016 #Lebanon Kuwaiti embassy issues Lebanon travel warning / Daily Star #Thailand #presse Hong Kong photojournalist detained at Bangkok airport for carrying bulletproof vest in luggage one of the highest gun homicide rates in Asia / on par with USA / pop 67 million 3.48 murders per 100,000 http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/hong-kong-photojournalist-detained-at-bangkok-airport-for-carrying-bulletproof-vest-in #Vietnam #Diplomatic #Spain NGO Pazy Desarrollo in co-operation with Spanish Embassy run gender equality project http://vietnamnews.vn/society/274879/project-promotes-gender-equality.html Michael Lynn - #Ireland fled Ireland in 2007 with debts of €80m extradition #Brasil #Brazil #LatAm http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/michael-lynn-should-be-back-by-year-end-to-face-charges-lawyer-1.2326185 #Turkey Albayrak Group to operate Mogadishu Interl Port / re-opened in 2006 by Islamic Courts Union, who control South Somali / dailysabah USA Spirit Lake police chief TAKES job as a bomb-sniffing dog handler US embassy in #Iraq or #Afghanistan http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Spirit-Lake-police-chief-steps-down-to-take-US-embassy-job-322627872.html #Afghanistan Kabul vehicle bombing 10 dead 60 injured Taliban fighting to overthrow foreign-backed govt http://www.dispatchtimes.com/at-least-10-dead-in-kabul-vehicle-bombing/59556/ #MiddleEast US Embassy Warns Against Travel to Upper Galilee & Golan Heights Rockets launched from #Syria territory #Israel: points finger at: "Iran-backed Islamic Jihad from territory under the control of the Assad regime" http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/319634/us-embassy-warns-citizens-against-travel-to-upper-galilee-and-golan-heights/ #Pakistan Removes 5,000 names from Exit Control List (ECL) Passports Directorate Blacklist contained 52,000 names http://tribune.com.pk/story/943345/nisar-announces-removal-of-5000-names-from-ecl-in-major-overhaul/ #Pakistan Intelligence agencies rescue: Chinese tourist kidnapped 2014 in an area close to insurgency-prone regions. Kidnapped China tourist rescue: faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility http://tribune.com.pk/story/943345/nisar-announces-removal-of-5000-names-from-ecl-in-major-overhaul/ #Australia #Syria US request to extend campaign Julie Bishop says Australia is seeking legal advice on Syria strikes USA has asked for Aussie support manned strikes, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, air refuelling etc http://forexreportdaily.com/2015/08/24/7334-julie-bishop-says-australia-is-seeking-legal-advice-on-syria-strikes/ #Nigeria Zone 6 Police took delivery of #surveillance helicopter in Calabar / combat of militancy & kidnap http://nationalaccordnewspaper.com/2015/08/police-receives-surveillance-helicopter-to-boost-fight-against-militancy-in-cross-river/ ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- COMMENT Names being removed from a travel blacklist in Pakistan is rather intriguing.  Don't really understand why they've got a blacklist.  Maybe this is normal?  A bad guy travel blacklist? Action hotting up Syria / Israel border, by look of things? Turkey might be a player in Somalia. Islamic Union control in south.   That's a look-up job; don't know what this is. Photojournalist arrested Thailand sounds interesting, but it's probably routine. Thailand no longer sounds safe.  Well, it never did to me; but I'm weird like that.  ;) Pakistan definitely doesn't sounds safe.  Thailand a better bet.  lol This just random stuff that caught my attention ... nothing exciting. ꕤ

Foreign Service Updates - Turkey Protests - Thailand Deportation - Uighurs, China

TURKEY Issue: = Uighur Muslims: Turkic-speaking, Muslim minority = Uighurs in Xinjiang - at 10 million = China crackdown in region re rising violence - ISLAMIST SEPARATISTS  = Xinjiang region, China Turkey protests = results in: anti-Chinese & anti-Thai demonstration / property damage of Thailand consulate = results in: temporary closure of Thailand’s embassy in Ankara & consulate in Istanbul = Uighurs enter Turkey in hope of settlement = Uighurs 400 - detained Thailand for illegal entry = tussle between Turkey & China re where Uighurs should be settled Thailand = 100 Uighurs were deported to China on Wed Turkey earlier group of 172 Uighur (women & children) sent to Turkey, late June Deportation of Chinese national to China = condemnation: United States rights groups UN Istanbul protest Forcible return to China from: Cambodia Malaysia Pakistan UN says: deportation was a violation of international law see - principle of non-refoulement = prohibition transfer to a place where at risk of rights abuses Thailand: defended the legal status of the repatriation  =  China had “guaranteed their safety” =  “If found innocent they will be released” SOURCE http://nation.com.pk/international/11-Jul-2015/thai-embassy-closed-in-turkey-after-protest-against-deported-uighurs  --------------------- COMMENT TRAVEL WARNING - ASIANS Asian tourist attacked by pro-Uighur protesters in Ankara    Violence, separatism & violent protest (that often sparks like violent protest in other Muslim communities) seems to be a pattern of the Muslim mindset.

Asia, Africa, Middle-East

ASIA #China trial began : Ilham Tohti, critic of govt policies towards ethnic Uighurs (Muslims) in Xinjiang. http://goo.gl/aXg9py #Thailand - coup generals order name of self-exiled billionaire former PM Thaksin Shinawatra’s to be erased from text books. / Economist How Alibaba measures up  #IT #Business - >> http://goo.gl/GfNAWG  - cool graph - #China e-commerce craps on everyone else #China - Central bank injects ($81 billion) into financial system via loans 2 big banks for stimulus / http://goo.gl/BuXrtY  / Heaps info -----------------------------------------------------  AFRICA #Zimbabwe: Mugabe appoints 17 new ambassadors http://goo.gl/6YNJbE - serve 4 yr terms, conditionally renewable #Nigeria 15 pp killed after gunmen attacked teacher-training college>> http://goo.gl/aXg9py - 12 soldiers 2 firing squad over May mutiny #SouthSudan foreigners (excl. diplomats & govt aid agencies) OUT w/in month / RETRACTED amid criticism it would disrupt aid progs /Economist International Organisation for Migration "estimates that 3,000 migrants have died trying to cross the sea to Europe so far this year" / Economist -----------------------------------------------------  MIDDLE-EAST "... where the Press is ‘free’ the problem today is that there is in fact no truly free media. " >> http://goo.gl/ytgMjs  Gulf News I’d have to disagree and say that while the alternate press many not be unbiased, it is at least free to publish a non-establishment point of view. For me, the issue is biased, sneaky, establishment & foreign-interest slanted media in the *mainstream*. R T>> "Turkey would join anti-ISIL coalition if the U.S. had a clear-cut strategy to take out Assad." >> Why Assad? Source - Twitter commentary (Mahir Zeynalov, journalist) -----------------------------------------------------  COMMENT As I understood it, some sort of slowing of China economy:  hence the injection for stimulus.   Noticed the European press refers to 'migrants' or 'immigrants' in news that is about refuge seekers.   There's probably an essay about corporate globalism, imperialism, NGOs and the role of media distortion right there. Still don't know enough about the Middle East to figure out why Assad is such a target for the West.  But I expect I'll get there eventually.  Don't read enough of the Middle East news at the moment.

Thailand - Violating Majesty - Violating Civil Liberties

Thai musician jailed for 15 years for insulting royals
28-year-old found guilty posting insulting messages about the monarchy on Facebook between 2010 and 2011

By AFP

7:04AM BST 01 Aug 2014

A Thai musician has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for royal defamation, a court official said, in the latest conviction under a controversial lese majeste law.

The 28-year-old was found guilty of posting insulting messages about the monarchy on Facebook between 2010 and 2011 ...

Under the strict lese majeste rules anyone convicted of insulting the king, queen, heir or regent faces up to 15 years in prison on each count.

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Source - Telegraph - here.

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Lèse majesté, i.e. the crime of violating majesty, has been prohibited by the Law of Thailand since 1908. 

Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and royalist activist Sondhi Limthongkul both filed charges of lèse majesté against each other during the 2005–2006 political crisis. Thaksin's alleged lèse majesté was one of the stated reasons for the Thai military's 2006 coup. [wikipedia, as per link]

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Which century is it in Thailand?

Take it they're not a democracy.

Love the bit about the start of the military coup.  Does anyone else find this hilarious or am I a bit bent?

Do like the sound of 'Violating Majesty'.   Nice ring to it.  LOL

CHINA'S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER

China's aircraft carrier puts naval ambitions on show Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 10.48 | Online news: Asia Writer: AFP DALIAN (CHINA) - At a northern quayside China's first aircraft carrier dwarfs nearby vessels, its take-off ramp rising higher than the top deck of the cruise ship at the next berth, symbolising the country's naval ambitions. ... Beijing proclaims that China's rise is entirely peaceful and it has no interest in hegemony [imperialism], but analysts say its goal is to surpass the naval capability of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and ultimately rival the US Navy, masters of the Pacific. ... The 300-metre (1,000-foot) Liaoning -- a Soviet-era vessel Beijing bought from Ukraine -- was commissioned in September 2012, and officers have acknowledged that it is not yet ready for combat, with naval fighter pilots taking years to train. But it is only the first Chinese vessel of its type. Analysts say future carriers will be entirely Chinese-made and ultimately nuclear-powered, vastly extending their range. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is already the world's largest standing military, and when Chinese President Xi Jinping went on board the Liaoning last year he spoke of building "a powerful people's navy". Xi has made a point of visiting several military bases since taking office and has said that "being able to fight and win battles is the essence of strengthening the military". ... [British military publisher Jane's] In the medium to long term, they said, China will need "an expanding presence around the world" to secure its interests in resources, markets and shipping routes. "A widespread naval presence thus will be required." Earlier this year reports in state-run media ... saying a second vessel was already under construction in Dalian and two more were in the pipeline. The PLA clouds its activities in secrecy, and the military zones at the tip of the Lushunkou peninsula ... are forbidden to outsiders. ... China has long proclaimed itself as rising peacefully and insists that its military expansion is purely to defend itself. Washington has 10 aircraft carriers at its disposal, soon to rise to 11 when the USS Gerald R Ford enters service.

For its part Tokyo ... will soon have a helicopter carrier of its own, which could potentially be adapted to carry vertical take-off fighter jets. But in recent months Beijing has asserted itself ever more aggressively in maritime territorial disputes with Japan in the East China Sea and several southeast Asian nations in the South China Sea, raising fears of clashes. It has four ships taking part in the US-led Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) joint exercises off Hawaii, which analysts have touted as a step towards improving military ties, and visiting US Admiral Jonathan Greenert was given a tour of the Liaoning earlier this month.  But Beijing also sent a surveillance ship to spy on the RIMPAC drills, according to US reports citing the US Navy. China's "behaviour in its near seas and its territorial claims suggest that it is going to robustly defend its 'core interests'", said the Jane's specialists. "... you can say that China is closing the gap on Japan in most areas and outpacing it in others," they added. "The PLA has substantial offensive capabilities in the form of ballistic and cruise missiles, fast jets, bombers, amphibious forces, heavy armour, destroyers, frigates and so on, so the idea that it is armed just for self-defence doesn't really wash."  By 2030 China could have four or possibly five aircraft carriers in service, including the Liaoning, says Fisher, and could ultimately decide to build as many as 10. It will be the culmination of decades of ambition, he said, describing Mao Zedong and other Chinese leaders' denunciations of the US and Soviet Union for their "imperialist" military capabilities in the 1950s and 60s as "a reflection of their intense envy". "Mao always wanted to have a superpower level of global influence but was also quite happy to condemn those who had it, when he did not," he said. "All of Mao's successors have worked to fulfil a dream of future Chinese strategic dominance." Source - Bangkok Post - here.

China has its first aircraft carrier.

US is about to launch its 11th.

Japan (who may now enter into conflicts abroad) will soon have a helicopter carrier.

Meanwhile, Thailand and Philippines have "jointly called for peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea" (here):

"Tensions spiked anew in the troubled waters when China placed an oil rig in waters it jointly claims with Vietnam, sparking a maritime standoff between the two neighbors and Vietnamese raids on Chinese-ran factories in Vietnam.

China’s expanding law enforcement jurisdiction and patrols encompassing nearly the whole of South China Sea have also alarmed the Philippines as it covers sections of its territorial waters, known locally as West Philippine Sea.

Adding to the tensions is China’s reclamation of at least two South China Sea reefs being claimed by the Philippines that were transformed into artificial islands."

"The Thai minister said his government is hoping for an early conclusion of the code of conduct as well as the full and effective implementation of a non-binding non-aggression document, called Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea or DOC.

The DOC was signed by China and the 10-member ASEAN in 2002. It calls on all claimants to exercise restraint and stop new occupation of territories in the South China Sea. However, the document lacks the power to sanction states that violate its provisions.

Sihasak [Acting Thai Foreign Minister] said ASEAN will hold a meeting with China in Thailand in October to try to move forward with the full and effective implementation of the DOC and push for the swift conclusion of a code of conduct in the South China Sea."

Sounds like everyone's nervous of China.

It's early days with the aircraft carrier, but I suppose if you were a small nation in the Pacific having "the world's largest standing military (China's People's Liberation Army) nearby, being a tad nervous or intimidated is understandable.

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