Thread: A new slant on RIMPAC Naval politics/The Fight To Control The South China Sea
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Old 07-16-16, 04:28 PM   #88
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Default Money is the sinews of war...or territorial expansion
^MY god! your citing from Aljazeera...and driving a truck! (that's not Nice!)MODERATOR! oh wait a sec....
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The views expressed in this article are the author's own (Salvatore Babones ) and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.
http://www.aljazeera.com/profile/salvatore-babones.html of particular interest for China's big island push imho:
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It doesn't take an advanced degree in mathematics to figure out that if budget commitments are growing at double-digit rates while the economy is growing at single-digit rates, something has to give. (every other country's fishing rights!!??) That something is the fiscal deficit. China is going into debt - in a serious way.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/01/china-economic-crisis-coming-160111090000623.html OH god! now I'm quoting Al Jazeera too!
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