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(OP) User ID: 68257915 United States 02/24/2016 05:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | SHARE 68 DOW 16,432 -188.88 -1.14% BULLETIN Pound drops below $1.39 as losses pick up pace Home General International news The Wall Street Journal THE WALL STREET JOURNAL U.S. calls out China over South China Sea missile deployment By Chun Han Wong Published: Feb 17, 2016 11:25 p.m. ET SHARE 68 Kerry says evidence shows China is going against its word Reuters U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit Monday in California. The Obama administration sharply criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday after charging that China’s military had deployed batteries of advanced missiles on a disputed South China Sea island. Secretary of State John Kerry said the missile deployment was at odds with a pledge made by Xi while visiting the White House last year to refrain from militarizing clusters of disputed islands throughout the South China Sea. Chinese officials, while not directly confirming or denying U.S. and Taiwanese claims about the missiles, said they plan to keep strengthening defensive capabilities in the South China Sea. Also read: China’s artificial islands in before-and-after photos U.S. officials said Wednesday that they had confirmed commercial satellite imagery appearing to show the deployment of surface-to-air missiles on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel chain. The commercial images, from the firm ImageSat International NV, indicate the missiles were deployed sometime after Feb. 3. “When President Xi was here in Washington, he stood in the Rose Garden with President Obama and said China will not militarize in the South China Sea,” Kerry said on Wednesday. “But there is every evidence, every day that there has been an increase of militarization of one kind or another. It’s of serious concern.” "They can only hold you down if you let them". |
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(OP) User ID: 68257915 United States 02/24/2016 06:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 5 DOW 16,432 -188.88 -1.14% Home General International news Seen as fresh evidence of Beijing’s efforts to militarize the South China Sea ImageSat images show changes on Woody Island, where China has reportedly deployed advanced surface-to-air missiles. U.S. officials said China recently sent fighter jets to a disputed South China Sea island at the center of an escalating spat over who is to blame for the “militarization” of the region. News of China’s latest deployment of fighter jets to Woody Island, part of the Paracel Islands chain, comes amid bilateral tensions over Beijing’s recent placement of air-defense missiles on the same island and while Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was visiting Washington. U.S. officials cited the latest aircraft deployment as fresh evidence of Beijing’s efforts to militarize the South China Sea to bolster its maritime claims. Chinese officials have defended their activities in the area as defensive and legitimate, and blamed Washington for fueling regional tensions. The recent fighter-jet deployment “is not a surprise and has been going on for the last few years,” said Capt. Darryn James, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Command. “But it is still part of a disturbing trend of China’s militarization of the South China Sea.” The fighters include the advanced J-11, a Chinese variant of the Russian-made Su-27, and the indigenously designed JH-7 fighter-bomber, according to Capt. James. He didn’t elaborate on when and how many aircraft were sent to Woody Island. “The specifics of a recent deployment of fighter aircraft to Woody Island would be less an issue than the signal it sends of how far out of step China’s actions are with the aspirations of the region,” said Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Bill Urban. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying neither confirmed nor denied the fighter-jet deployment when asked about the matter at a regular news briefing on Wednesday, and reiterated China’s position that it has “indisputable” sovereignty over the Paracels. "They can only hold you down if you let them". |
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(OP) User ID: 68257915 United States 02/24/2016 06:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | With the global economy being in the crapper, it would not suprize me if they use this as the final straw to break into WWIII. War seemingly "fixes" economic issues. Last Edited by Lost Lady on 02/24/2016 06:09 AM "They can only hold you down if you let them". |
Canny User ID: 71533152 United Kingdom 02/24/2016 06:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Our Saudi freinds are being given nukes, you know the ones who apparantly did 9/11 and are backing ISIS today so i hope Iran is given nukes by Russia/China to level the playing field. We in Europe would all be better off if the U.S occupation force left over from WWII went back home and left us alone. Banker own the USA, foriegn bankers because americans have become too scared to hold the government to account and yes i know it will take force and some courage that they don't have anymore because we are being drugged down. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 69021909 United States 02/24/2016 06:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The bully boy of the world known as the USA does not like little kids in the playground learning any ku-foo and has missiles all over the world so why should China want to take any lessons from the USA ? Quoting: Canny 71533152 Our Saudi freinds are being given nukes, you know the ones who apparantly did 9/11 and are backing ISIS today so i hope Iran is given nukes by Russia/China to level the playing field. We in Europe would all be better off if the U.S occupation force left over from WWII went back home and left us alone. Banker own the USA, foriegn bankers because americans have become too scared to hold the government to account and yes i know it will take force and some courage that they don't have anymore because we are being drugged down. hey we are seeing the same thing with china as we did with japan before ww2, Time to nuke those 5 islands off the map |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69021909 United States 02/24/2016 06:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The bully boy of the world known as the USA does not like little kids in the playground learning any ku-foo and has missiles all over the world so why should China want to take any lessons from the USA ? Quoting: Canny 71533152 Our Saudi freinds are being given nukes, you know the ones who apparantly did 9/11 and are backing ISIS today so i hope Iran is given nukes by Russia/China to level the playing field. We in Europe would all be better off if the U.S occupation force left over from WWII went back home and left us alone. Banker own the USA, foriegn bankers because americans have become too scared to hold the government to account and yes i know it will take force and some courage that they don't have anymore because we are being drugged down. Obama has been trying to pull out and close all European bases, your government wont let him |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 70538553 Spain 02/24/2016 06:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The average American could care less about what goes on in the south China sea. Yet, we continue to poke our nose into such things all the time. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69680414 This is why we need Trump. For fucks sake, why do you Americans insist on saying "could care less" it makes no friggin sense! The correct phrase is "couldn't care less", for example: I couldn't care less about the financial state the US is in. if you said: I could care less about the financial state the US is in. It means the opposite. Geez you Americans are dumb! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 71067188 United States 02/24/2016 08:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The average American could care less about what goes on in the south China sea. Yet, we continue to poke our nose into such things all the time. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69680414 This is why we need Trump. For fucks sake, why do you Americans insist on saying "could care less" it makes no friggin sense! The correct phrase is "couldn't care less", for example: I couldn't care less about the financial state the US is in. if you said: I could care less about the financial state the US is in. It means the opposite. Geez you Americans are dumb! Yeah, we are dumb. Yet you throw darts at bulls and get horned in the ars. How about this I couldnt care less that spain sucks euro banker dick. Now ...any other english lessons from the spanish? You guys couldnt even occupy mexico. |
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