The Philippines and Vietnamese were straits ahead on that score.Are they not all building plots? first one to build a runway wins?
The Philippines and Vietnamese were straits ahead on that score.Are they not all building plots? first one to build a runway wins?
Wasn't pointing fingers at anyone. Who would have thought that the countries closest to the Spratly's would occupy them leaving the PRC to build on the odd reef. How very dare they?The Philippines and Vietnamese were straits ahead on that score.
Except they built them on features to which they were not - under international law - entitled to claim as sovereign territory.Wasn't pointing fingers at anyone. Who would have thought that the countries closest to the Spratly's would occupy them leaving the PRC to build on the odd reef. How very dare they?
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney says the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is doomed to fail because of hostility in the U.S. Congress and widespread antipathy to trade initiatives in general.
Mulroney made the prediction Wednesday when he was asked about Hillary Clinton's opposition to the 12-nation accord, which the Democratic presidential nominee says benefits drug companies and does not address currency manipulation.
"The TPP is not going to fly anyway," Mulroney said after taking part in a ceremony to formally announce plans for the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government at his alma mater, St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S.
"It has nothing to do with Canada. It appears to be on pretty shaky ground in the American Congress."
"That's why I've been urging the government of Canada to negotiate bilateral agreements with China, India and so on," he said. "Canada's fine, but we have to get out there and hustle and do some more of these bilateral trade agreements."
Serving and retired officers have said graft in the armed forces is so pervasive it could undermine China's ability to wage war. Xi has made ending military corruption a top goal.
In July, a military court jailed for life a former deputy head of the powerful Central Military Commission, which runs China's armed forces, for corruption, the latest in a string of senior officers to be felled.
The anti-graft drive comes as Xi steps up efforts to modernize forces that are projecting power across the disputed waters of the East and South China Seas, though China has not fought a war in decades.
Did you manage to say that with a straight face?Except they built them on features to which they were not - under international law - entitled to claim as sovereign territory.
Two senior Chinese officers expelled from Communist Party
I'm more interested in the comment regarding graft affecting China's ability to wage war:
Since it's factually accurate, it was quite easy. Both the Phillipines and Vietnam have built military outposts on features they claim ownership of but for which they have have not had ownership recognised under international law.Did you manage to say that with a straight face?
As I said, not pointing fingers. China might want to pay attention to international arbitration decisions mind...could come in handy.Except they built them on features to which they were not - under international law - entitled to claim as sovereign territory.
You can still hear the echoes of our lot's silence reverberating to this day.
Mebbes aye, mebbes naw. Long way to go yet, from your link:Since it's factually accurate, it was quite easy. Both the Phillipines and Vietnam have built military outposts of features they claim ownership of but for which they have have not had ownership recognised under international law.
In other news, warming ties seem to have paid off for Duterte. This would seem to support the contention that the prize the PRC is pursuing is not territory but bilaterality.
Maybe a long way to go to where our side would like things to be, but those actually involved seem to be increasingly making their own minds up without reference to our wishes.Long way to go yet, from your link:
I think "our side" would have preferred discussion rather than drama queening in the first place.Maybe a long way to go to where our side would like things to be, but those actually involved seem to be increasingly making their own minds up without reference to our wishes.
The cads.
CPC Central Committee with Xi as "core" leads China to centenary goals - CCTV News - CCTV.com EnglishXi's obviously a bit of a softie. SOPs used to be to give those caught the chop.
'Dada' is a colloquial term in Mandarin for Uncle. Its use has been officially discouraged because personality cults don't fit well with the modern CCP.He's also known as 'dada' which evokes different memories. You're not allowed to use the nickname though apparently:
I see the following bits from that news report as being the most significant:Since it's factually accurate, it was quite easy. Both the Phillipines and Vietnam have built military outposts on features they claim ownership of but for which they have have not had ownership recognised under international law.
In other news, warming ties seem to have paid off for Duterte. This would seem to support the contention that the prize the PRC is pursuing is not territory but bilaterality.
The Hague court declared that despite Scarborough Shoal being located within the Philippines’ 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone, no one country had sovereign rights to it, so all claimants may fish there.
Reuters exclusively reported on the eve of Duterte’s visit to China that Beijing would consider granting Philippine fishermen conditional access to the shoal.