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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I think the fundamental question that must now be asked is....who and what is anyone going to do about it?

I suspect that the cork in the Chinese bottle will be Taiwan and the US will go in at some point in its customary style; In the guise of a 'coalition', actually an old Roman political ploy-tactic, with VietNam as a very strong ally. She has defeated China previously and is a barrier to the south. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2419335#post2419335 All the nations in the region from Japan and South Korea around to an increasingly aggressive India, wealthy Brunei, form a necessary geographic barrier to Sino expansion... Not unlike England's own unique geographical position astride the European continent and the major navigable river outlets to the North Sea and beyond.