this situtation will DEFINATELY resolve in peace
China cannot afford a fight. in china, numerous nations are potentially hostile. Philipine patrols just shot two chinese fishmen to death last month. Indonisa navy pratice their combats at south china sea, indicating that should china make a move (refers to southern china sea islands) they will not back off. Vianam just invaded one of the chinese pisols and claimed ownership. Japnese right wings cheat the history and disclaimed any crimes the past japanese government had commited. and at last, China and Taiwan are experiencing a great tension.
philine has american back up, the later planned to build US army base at the formal's land. India's navy has american supposrt while Taiwan, for sure, sides with america. I am sure Japanese government are LOOKING for war. they cannot start one, but they will benefit a great deal from it. why?
Japanese are not allowed to have their own army but small amount of defense after the second world war. the rules still apply to morden japan. should any tiny combat happen in asia, they will use the chance to form a formidable defense... and the rest is unknown to me.
China cannot win this fight should it comes to war. the only chance is peace, and speed up its own economy so that it can have a future. I believe chinese government knows about it, since they hadn't answered any of those threat with armies. let us hope for peace
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