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Cold War in Asia – Lesson. 33 – Raising Tibet – Raising Tibet Awareness against the use of Military Force

Raising Tibet – Raising Tibet Awareness – A Plateau under Military Occupation

Mother Nature has vast resources of energy which she is slowly spending over the last 50 million years to Raise Tibet with ease and without any apparent effort. Surprisingly, humans need to spend more energy as compared to Mother Nature’s energy expenditure to Raise Tibet. I am not resourceful like Mother Nature. My efforts to Raise Tibet Awareness is lot more challenging as I confront Red China who with her superior military force occupied Tibet which could not offer significant resistance. Tibet existed as Independent Nation with full control on its internal affairs even during times of Mongol and Manchu China Empires.

As such Tibet is not a part of China at any time in human history. There are two issues of primary concern; 1. Action of Natural Forces Raising Tibet, and 2. Red China’s use of Military Force to Occupy Tibet which demands Raising Tibet Awareness.

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162 USA

Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

THE CONVERSATION

RAISING TIBET

April 28, 2016 11.30pm EDT

MIKE SANDIFORD Professor of Geology, University of Melbourne
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It’s more than a little disconcerting to wake every hour or so, gasping for air, suffocating.

It happened to me during a field season in southern Tibet camped at about 5400 metres above sea level. With my normal sleep breathing patterns, I just couldn’t get enough oxygen.
We were working in an area known as the Kampa dome, some 50 kilometres north of the border with India and about 150 kilometres east of Mount Everest.

Crossing a pass into the Kampa dome, southern Tibet, elevation 5500 metres.

The Kampa dome is a sort of giant geological “blister”. The dome, which is about 25 kilometres across, comprises a core of rocks originating deep within the Tibetan crust now exposed beneath a carapace of much shallower rocks.

Google Earth image of the Kampa dome in southern Tibet, viewed from the south-east. The dome rises to almost 6000 metres above sea level at its highest point. The lighter coloured rocks in the valleys in the core of the dome are granites and metamorphic rocks that have been forced up through a carapace of darker coloured and shallower sedimentary rocks, now exposed around the rim of the dome and along the ridge crests in its core. Image obtained from Google Earth – 29/04/2016

Kampa is just one of a number of domes distributed in a belt along the southern boundary of Tibet, not far north of the Himalaya. These domes attract the attention of geologists interested in what’s going on deep under Tibet and in the sequence of events that raised the plateau over the last 50 million years or so.

And that is not just of geological interest. The Tibetan plateau is so large, and so high, that it influences the global pattern of atmospheric circulation. So the raising of Tibet has had a profound impact on the evolution of the modern climate system. It is one of the elements in the transition from the green-house world of the dinosaur era to the ice-house world in which our own species has evolved.

Our work in Kampa was part of a broader program investigating the magnitude of the forces that drive tectonic plate motion. Amongst other things, getting a handle on those forces is important for understanding what limits the heights of our great mountain ranges such as the Himalaya.

The particular issue that motivated our interest in Kampa was the idea that weak rocks heated beneath Tibet were being, or had been, squeezed outwards to the south in a giant pincer movement by the ongoing convergence between the Indian and Asian plates. The idea that the rocks exposed in Kampa, as well as in the high Himalaya, are a kind of geological “toothpaste” is quite a departure from the conventional view that the mountain system has been created by stacking of thrust sheets one on top of the other.

One of the master faults lying above this purported channel of extruded rock is exposed high up in the face of Everest beneath a limestone that was deposited immediately prior to the raising of Tibet. The southern Tibetan domes make for rather easier and less dangerous field work than the face of Everest.

More than any other, mountain landscapes manifest the awesome power of our restless planet. In the rarefied atmosphere high up in the Kampa, the sense of awe was greatly magnified, especially with the Himalaya towering above the horizon.

The amount of energy involved in building these mountains, in lifting those 50 million year old limestones out of the sea to now sit high up the slopes of Everest, is simply mind-boggling, or so you would think.

To give you a sense, let’s calculate it.

Even though it involves some big numbers, the calculation is really quite trivial. We simply multiply the area of the plateau (about 2.5 million square kilometres ) by the work done against gravity. To lift a column of the crust one square metre in area by 4-5 kilometres takes about 4 trillion joules.

Harmonising units, and we get our estimate of the work done against gravity in raising Tibet – about 10 yottajoules (think “10” followed by 24 zeros).
The trouble with big numbers such as these, and one reason they feel so daunting, is we have no natural reference frame to make comparisons.

So let’s compare it to the energy we humans consume to run our daily lives. We could ask how many years would it take to raise Tibet if we put all human energy consumption to work.
In its Statistical review of world energy BP estimated the human primary energy consumption in 2015 at 550 exajoules (that is 550 followed by 18 zeros). At that rate, and neglecting inefficiencies, it would take about 20,000 years to raise Tibet.

While that’s a long time, it’s far less than the 50 million years that nature took to raise Tibet.
In fact, the rate we consume energy is around 2000 times greater than the 10 gigawatt rate nature has been storing it in the raising of Tibet.

Here in Victoria, with a population at about 6 million, we consume electrical power at a rate of about 5 gigawatts. Making that electricity is only about 30% efficient, and so the burning of coal releases heat at a rate of about 15 gigawatts.

We use energy at a rate, quite literally, that could make mountains move.
Now that is something I think really is mind-boggling.

Footnotes

We were guided in our work in the Kampa in 2004 by local herders. It’s hard to imagine more hardy folk. While communication from Tibetan to Chinese to English and back again meant many nuances were missed, it was a special experience. It seemed our guides hadn’t had much to do with westerners before, and we were quite a source of amusement for them. Indeed, it seemed to me there was a very real sense of fun in the way they went about their daily life on the top of world.

**TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – GLOBAL WARMING – CLIMATE ACTION. TIBETAN NOMADS LIVE IN PERFECT HARMONY WITH NATURE LIVING ON LIVESTOCK-REARING. INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IS THE CHIEF CULPRIT OF GLOBAL WARMING.**

Our Tibetan guides in one of the glacial valleys high in the Kampa dome, southern Tibet.

A particular highlight was their invitation, on our arrival, to join for some authentic yak’s butter tea. At these heights with little oxygen, not much fuel and with everything just a little damp, cooking is challenging. Burning damp goat dung in the close environment of a yurt produces an awful lot of foul-smelling, acrid smoke, but not much heat. I didn’t much enjoy the taste of the rancid butter either. While the invitation to join with our Tibetan hosts in their summer home remains one of my most treasured experiences, it was with some personal relief that I declined a second “cuppa”, doubting I could hold any more down.

**TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – GLOBAL WARMING – CLIMATE ACTION. GRASSLANDS FAIL TO THRIVE DUE TO WARMING AND LACK OF PRECIPITATION.**

Enjoying yak butter tea inside our host’s yurt at over 5000 metres above sea level in Southern Tibet.

Despite it’s remoteness, this is a region in transition, for many reasons. One of my enduring memories of the Kampa is captured in the photo below, showing the alarming degradation of the thin soils that mantle these recently de-glaciated landscapes.

Like so many parts of the world, soil loss in the Tibetan plateau is an issue of critical importance. As this photograph dramatically illustrates, the thin soils that mantle the rocky, recently de-glaciated landscape in the Kampa appear to be degrading at a frightening pace .
The story of what we are doing to soils on this planet is an issue of immense importance, for all people.

**Raising Tibet – Raising Tibet Awareness. Tibet is Never Part of China. It is correct to state China is in Tibet as an Occupying Force.**

**Raising Tibet – Raising Tibet Awareness. Red China’s Occupation of Tibet threatens World’s Water Supply. Tibet is Never Part of China.**

**Raising Tibet – Raising Tibet Awareness. A view of Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya Mountain Range. Tibet is Never Part of China.**

**Raising Tibet – Raising Tibet Awareness. Collision between Indian Landmass and Eurasia is raising Tibetan Plateau. A similar collision involving Force can evict Red China from Tibet.**

Cold War in Asia – Lesson. 29 – Know Your Enemy – President Trump’s Unfinished Korea-Vietnam War

PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST SAY “NO” TO COMMUNISM

At U.N. General Assembly, on Tuesday September 19, President Trump delivered an empty threat to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea. United States tried twice in the past to destroy Korea and Vietnam on the battlefield. US failed in 1953 and 1975 for Korea and Vietnam are not the “Real Enemy.” Korea and Vietnam survived the US bombing campaigns for they have the support of Communists.

KNOW YOUR ENEMY – UN SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA WILL NOT WORK. UNFINISHED KOREA-VIETNAM WAR.

I ask President Trump to Just Say “NO” to Communism, the “Real Enemy,” to Win ‘The Cold War in Asia’.

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada

Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

AT U.N., TRUMP WARNS U.S. MAY HAVE TO ‘TOTALLY DESTROY’ NORTH KOREA

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UNITED NATIONS — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission.

Loud murmurs filled the green-marbled U.N. General Assembly hall when Trump issued his sternest warning yet to North Korea, whose ballistic missile launches and nuclear tests have rattled the globe. Unless North Korea backs down, he said, “We will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.”

“Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime,” he said.

North Korea’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s remarks. A junior North Korean diplomat remained in the delegation’s front-row seat for Trump’s speech, the North Korean U.N. mission said.

In his first appearance at the annual gathering of world leaders, the president used a 41-minute speech to take aim also at Iran’s nuclear ambitions and regional influence, Venezuela’s collapsing democracy and the threat of Islamist extremists.

He also criticized the Cuban government. But his strongest words were directed at North Korea. He urged United Nations member states to work together to isolate the Kim government until it ceases its “hostile” behavior.

He said North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles “threatens the entire world with unthinkable cost of human life.”

In what may have been a veiled prod at China, the North’s major trading partner, Trump said: “It is an outrage that some nations would not only trade with such a regime but would arm, supply and financially support a country that imperils the world with nuclear conflict.”

Turning to Iran, Trump called the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by his predecessor, Barack Obama, was an embarrassment and hinted that he may not recertify the agreement when it comes up for a mid-October deadline.

“I don’t think you’ve heard the last of it,” he said.

He called Iran an “economically depleted rogue state” that exports violence. The speech marked his latest attempt to lay out his America First vision for a U.S. foreign policy aimed at downgrading global bureaucracies, basing alliances on shared interests, and steering Washington away from nation-building exercises abroad.

Trump, who entered the White House eight months ago, told world leaders at the 193-member global body that the United States does not seek to impose its will on other nations and will respect other countries’ sovereignty.

“I will defend America’s interests above all else,” he said. “But in fulfilling our obligations to other nations we also realize it’s in everyone’s interest to seek a future where all nations can be sovereign, prosperous and secure.”

Reading carefully from a script, Trump said the U.S. military would soon be the strongest it has ever been. Turning to Venezuela, Trump called the collapsing situation there “completely unacceptable” and said the United States cannot stand by and watch. He warned the United States was considering what further actions it can take. “We cannot stand by and watch,” he said.

Shortly before Trump’s speech, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed from the General Assembly lectern for statesmanship to avoid war with North Korea. “This is the time for statesmanship,” said the former prime minister of Portugal.

“We must not sleepwalk our way into war..” The U.N. Security Council has unanimously imposed nine rounds of sanctions on North Korea since 2006 and Guterres appealed for the 15-member body to maintain its unity on North Korea.

Trump has warned North Korea that military action was an option for the United States as Pyongyang has carried out a series of tests toward developing the ability to target the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile. Financial markets showed little reaction to Trump’s speech, with most major assets hovering near the unchanged mark on the day.

Cold War in Asia – Lesson. 28 – Red China’s Cultural Warfare on Tibet

Red China’s Cultural Warfare on Tibet

Red China’s Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong initiated Cultural Warfare on Tibet as part of his Campaign called ‘Cultural Revolution’ that started on May 16, 1966. This brutal Campaign of Cultural Repression, Political Oppression, and Economic Suppression to wipe out Tibetan Identity continues unabated. Cultural Revolution is not a relic of China’s past history. I ask people to break their silence to oppose Red China’s Cultural Warfare on Tibet.

THE WASHINGTON POST

CHINESE PAPERS BREAK SILENCE ON CULTURAL REVOLUTION, SAYING IT COULD NOT, WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN

By EMILY RAUHALA MAY 17, 2016.

Trust us, they say, the past is in the past.

Two newspapers linked to the Communist Party have broken the silence on the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution, publishing editorials meant to assure readers that the party has granted the country “immunity” from political chaos and social unrest.

The editorials, published by the state-owned People’s Daily and the Global Times, were rare public comments on a decade-long disaster that former party chairman Mao Zedong unleashed and that his party now prefers to play down, recast or ignore.

But the articles broke no new ground, rehashing the official line determined by a clutch of cadres in a 1981 resolution.In it, they condemned the violence of the era, blamed Mao and his close associates, and advised everyone to move on. The Chinese people never got a say.

In a piece published Tuesday, the People’s Daily hewed closely to the old line, noting that “history always advances.”
“There will not be re-enactment of a mistake like the Cultural Revolution,” it said.

An editorial in the Global Times, a newspaper known for its nationalist tone, hit at the same theme more forcefully: “We have bid farewell to the Cultural Revolution. We can say it once again today that the Cultural Revolution cannot and will not come back.”

The papers aim to instill confidence. They tell readers that what was decided in 1981 was not contingency or compromise but “unshakably scientific and authoritative” fact. They emphasize that the Chinese people have decided, unequivocally, to push ahead.

This is standard policy on several historical questions, from the Great Famine to the Tiananmen Square protests. As a result, when party papers write boldly about eyes fixed forward, it casts our gaze back, reminding us of how China’s past is shaping the present — and spooking the ruling party along the way.

Over the years, some survivors of that brutal decade have come forward to tell their stories, calling for truth and accountability, wanting to address old wounds. Under President Xi Jinping, though, the space for reflection has narrowed.

Xi has moved in many ways to bolster Mao’s reputation, drawing a single line between revolutionary struggle, World War II and the era of “national rejuvenation” that he says is underway.
But Xi, a survivor of the Cultural Revolution, knows well that marshaling Mao is dangerous business; when you invite people to rally around the party’s founder, you risk overshadowing the party itself.

The truth is that the party’s stance on the Cultural Revolution is not accepted as fact.

It is questioned by survivors who want their trauma acknowledged and by neo-Maoists who think talk of “calamity” is overblown. Some see shades of Mao in Xi’s moves to consolidate power; others dismiss the comparison outright.

In an editorial published in the run-up to the anniversary, even the Global Times acknowledged the split, saying the Cultural Revolution “remains divisive” and has become a “proxy” for clashes between “rightists” and “leftists” debating “China’s political route.”

Which is why Tuesday’s twin editorials seem to open, not close, the question of what the Cultural Revolution means and what that, in turn, means for the party.
The party asks for faith. Its papers beg the question: Does it yet trust itself?

Emily Rauhala is a China Correspondent for the Post. She was previously a Beijing-based correspondent for TIME, and an editor at the magazine’s Hong Kong office.

© 1996-2016 The Washington Post

**TIBET AWARENESS – SUPREME RULER OF TIBET FORCED TO LIVE IN EXILE.**

**Red China’s Cultural Warfare on Tibet. Apart from military occupation, it aims to destroy Tibetan Culture.**

**Red China’s Cultural Warfare on Tibet.**

**Red China’s Cultural Warfare on Tibet. Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet symbolizes Cultural History of Tibet.**

Cold War in Asia – Lesson. 27 – Red China is a born Aggressor Nation

The Evil Red Empire – Red China, Born Aggressor:

the evil red empire chairman mao zedong premier zhou en lai2 — I have been studying the aggressive nature of Red China since 1950s. The word ‘aggressor’ as a noun refers to a person or nation that is guilty of aggression or makes an unprovoked attack. Aggressive behavior, aggressive nature describe a mental inclination to start fights or quarrels, a readiness or willingness to take issue or engage in direct militant action. When I describe Red China as an “Aggressor Nation,” I am speaking about the practice or habit of being quarrelsome, destructively hostile to others, the use of unprovoked attacks or warlike acts. Red China is using her People’s Liberation Army violating her international obligations. Red China is aggressive for she displays boldness and because of her energetic pursuit of her own vested interests with a ruthless desire to dominate her weaker neighbors. Red China has formulated a State Policy called Expansionism which involves a vigorous, unrepentant espousal to use her military force or power to further her own ends.

I have been studying the aggressive nature of Red China since 1950s. The word ‘aggressor’ as a noun refers to a person or nation that is guilty of aggression or makes an unprovoked attack. Aggressive behavior, aggressive nature describe a mental inclination to start fights or quarrels, a readiness or willingness to take issue or engage in direct militant action. When I describe Red China as an “Aggressor Nation,” I am speaking about the practice or habit of being quarrelsome, destructively hostile to others, the use of unprovoked attacks or warlike acts. Red China is using her People’s Liberation Army violating her international obligations. Red China is aggressive for she displays boldness and because of her energetic pursuit of her own vested interests with a ruthless desire to dominate her weaker neighbors. Red China has formulated a State Policy called Expansionism which involves a vigorous, unrepentant espousal to use her military force or power to further her own ends.

the evil red empire airspace expansionism1 — Air Space Expansionism: I have been studying the aggressive nature of Red China since 1950s. The word ‘aggressor’ as a noun refers to a person or nation that is guilty of aggression or makes an unprovoked attack. Aggressive behavior, aggressive nature describe a mental inclination to start fights or quarrels, a readiness or willingness to take issue or engage in direct militant action. When I describe Red China as an “Aggressor Nation,” I am speaking about the practice or habit of being quarrelsome, destructively hostile to others, the use of unprovoked attacks or warlike acts. Red China is using her People’s Liberation Army violating her international obligations. Red China is aggressive for she displays boldness and because of her energetic pursuit of her own vested interests with a ruthless desire to dominate her weaker neighbors. Red China has formulated a State Policy called Expansionism which involves a vigorous, unrepentant espousal to use her military force or power to further her own ends.

Most journalists reporting on recent events in the South China Sea have used the term “Assertive” to describe the actions of Red China. The word ‘assertive’ emphasizes self-confidence and a persistent determination to express oneself or one’s opinions. Red China is claiming ‘sovereignty’ over most of the South China Sea. In this behavior, Red China is not simply asserting its opinion or view. Red China is using her military muscle to implement her own opinion and is responding with the use of her military power to any challenge or any action that may compromise her opinion.

the evil red empire map of tibet2 — *Territorial Expansionism:* I have been studying the aggressive nature of Red China since 1950s. The word ‘aggressor’ as a noun refers to a person or nation that is guilty of aggression or makes an unprovoked attack. Aggressive behavior, aggressive nature describe a mental inclination to start fights or quarrels, a readiness or willingness to take issue or engage in direct militant action. When I describe Red China as an “Aggressor Nation,” I am speaking about the practice or habit of being quarrelsome, destructively hostile to others, the use of unprovoked attacks or warlike acts. Red China is using her People’s Liberation Army violating her international obligations. Red China is aggressive for she displays boldness and because of her energetic pursuit of her own vested interests with a ruthless desire to dominate her weaker neighbors. Red China has formulated a State Policy called Expansionism which involves a vigorous, unrepentant espousal to use her military force or power to further her own ends.

I witnessed Red China’s unprovoked attack on Tibet during 1950 and I witnessed Red China’s unprovoked attack on India during 1962.

THE EVIL RED EMPIRE - RED CHINA - AGGRESSOR NATION : — I have been studying the aggressive nature of Red China since 1950s. The word ‘aggressor’ as a noun refers to a person or nation that is guilty of aggression or makes an unprovoked attack. Aggressive behavior, aggressive nature describe a mental inclination to start fights or quarrels, a readiness or willingness to take issue or engage in direct militant action. When I describe Red China as an “Aggressor Nation,” I am speaking about the practice or habit of being quarrelsome, destructively hostile to others, the use of unprovoked attacks or warlike acts. Red China is using her People’s Liberation Army violating her international obligations. Red China is aggressive for she displays boldness and because of her energetic pursuit of her own vested interests with a ruthless desire to dominate her weaker neighbors. Red China has formulated a State Policy called Expansionism which involves a vigorous, unrepentant espousal to use her military force or power to further her own ends.

On May 16, 2015, US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Beijing and talked directly to Red China’s President, Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister expressing concerns about Red China’s use of its military muscle to exercise its control over much of the South China Sea. The latest encounter with US Navy Surveillance Plane clearly demonstrates Red China’s unwillingness to review her opinion of sovereignty claims.

Red China is an “Aggressor Nation” and using the words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, I ask that she must be “Quarantined” until she recovers for her disease called “Aggression.”

U.S. vows to continue patrols after China warns spy plane

By David Brunnstrom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States vowed on Thursday to keep up air and sea patrols in international waters after the Chinese navy repeatedly warned a U.S. surveillance plane to leave the airspace over artificial islands China is creating in the disputed South China Sea.

The Chinese navy issued eight warnings to the crew of a U.S. P8-A Poseidon, the U.S. military’s most advanced surveillance aircraft, when it conducted the overflights on Wednesday, according to CNN, which was aboard the U.S. aircraft.

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 28: A US Navy P-8A Poseidon departs Perth's International Airport on March 28, 2014 in Perth, Australia. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) announced today the search area for missing flight MH370 has shifted closer to the Western Australian Coast after receiving radar analysis suggesting the airliner did not travel as far south as originally thought. The Malaysian airliner disappeared on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew on board and is suspected to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images) — PERTH, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 28: A US Navy P-8A Poseidon departs Perth’s International Airport on March 28, 2014 in Perth, Australia. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) announced today the search area for missing flight MH370 has shifted closer to the Western Australian Coast after receiving radar analysis suggesting the airliner did not travel as far south as originally thought. The Malaysian airliner disappeared on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew on board and is suspected to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

When the American pilots responded by saying the plane was flying through international airspace, a Chinese radio operator said with exasperation: “This is the Chinese navy … You go!”
The Poseidon flew as low as 15,000 feet (4,500 meters), CNN said, and video provided by the Pentagon appeared to have been taken from directly above one artificial island.

The incident, along with recent Chinese warnings to Philippine military aircraft to leave areas around the Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea, suggested Beijing is trying to enforce a military exclusion zone above its new islands there.
Some security experts worry about the risk of confrontation, especially after a U.S. official said last week that the Pentagon was considering sending military aircraft and ships to assert freedom of navigation around the Chinese-made islands.

the evil red empire mischief reef 05 11 2015 — Maritime Expansionism: I have been studying the aggressive nature of Red China since 1950s. The word ‘aggressor’ as a noun refers to a person or nation that is guilty of aggression or makes an unprovoked attack. Aggressive behavior, aggressive nature describe a mental inclination to start fights or quarrels, a readiness or willingness to take issue or engage in direct militant action. When I describe Red China as an “Aggressor Nation,” I am speaking about the practice or habit of being quarrelsome, destructively hostile to others, the use of unprovoked attacks or warlike acts. Red China is using her People’s Liberation Army violating her international obligations. Red China is aggressive for she displays boldness and because of her energetic pursuit of her own vested interests with a ruthless desire to dominate her weaker neighbors. Red China has formulated a State Policy called Expansionism which involves a vigorous, unrepentant espousal to use her military force or power to further her own ends. Mischief Reef 05 11 2015

An aerial photo taken though a glass window of a Philippine military plane shows the alleged on-going island building at Mischief Reef, South China Sea.

The senior U.S. diplomat for the East Asia, Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel, told a media briefing in Washington the U.S. reconnaissance flight was “entirely appropriate” and that U.S. naval forces and military aircraft would “continue to fully exercise” the right to operate in international waters and airspace.

He said the United States would go further to preserve the ability of all countries to move in international waters and airspace.
“Nobody in their right mind is going to try to stop the U.S. Navy from operating – that would not be a good bet,” he said.

“But it’s not enough that a U.S. military plane can overfly international waters, even if there is challenge or hailing query … We believe that every country and all civilian actors should have unfettered access to international waters and international airspace.”

A spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry said he was not aware of the incident.
“China has the right to engage in monitoring in the relevant airspace and waters to protect the country’s sovereignty and prevent accidents at sea,” ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a regular briefing. “We hope the relevant country can earnestly respect China’s sovereignty in the South China Sea.”
HIVE OF CONSTRUCTION

Footage taken by the P8-A Poseidon over the new islands, and aired by CNN, showed a hive of construction and dredging activity, as well as Chinese navy ships nearby.
CNN said it was the first time the Pentagon had declassified video of China’s building activity and audio of challenges to a U.S. aircraft.

“We were just challenged 30 minutes ago and the challenge came from the Chinese navy,” Captain Mike Parker, commander of U.S. surveillance aircraft deployed to Asia, told CNN on the flight.
“I’m highly confident it came from ashore, this facility here,” Parker said, pointing to an early warning radar station on Fiery Cross Reef.

Military facilities on Fiery Cross Reef, including a 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) runway, could be operational by year’s end, one U.S. commander recently told Reuters, and Washington is concerned China will use it to press its extensive territorial claims at the expense of weaker rivals.

China claims sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei also have overlapping claims.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi last week asserted Beijing’s right to reclaim the reefs and said China’s determination to protect its interests was “as hard as a rock.”

China has also said it had every right to set up an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the South China Sea but that current conditions did not warrant one.
ADIZs are used by some nations to extend control beyond national borders, requiring civilian and military aircraft to identify themselves or face possible military interception.

During the P8-A Poseidon mission, the pilot of a Delta Air Lines flight in the area spoke on the same frequency after hearing the Chinese challenges and identified himself as commercial. The Chinese voice reassured the pilot and the Delta flight went on its way, CNN said.

Delta Airlines did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Writing by Dean Yates, additional reporting by Michael Martina in Beijing and David Brunnstrom in Washington; Editing by Paul Tait, Jonathan Oatis and Steve Orlofsky

(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015.

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RED CHINA - AGGRESSOR NATION . — I have been studying the aggressive nature of Red China since 1950s. The word ‘aggressor’ as a noun refers to a person or nation that is guilty of aggression or makes an unprovoked attack. Aggressive behavior, aggressive nature describe a mental inclination to start fights or quarrels, a readiness or willingness to take issue or engage in direct militant action. When I describe Red China as an “Aggressor Nation,” I am speaking about the practice or habit of being quarrelsome, destructively hostile to others, the use of unprovoked attacks or warlike acts. Red China is using her People’s Liberation Army violating her international obligations. Red China is aggressive for she displays boldness and because of her energetic pursuit of her own vested interests with a ruthless desire to dominate her weaker neighbors. Red China has formulated a State Policy called Expansionism which involves a vigorous, unrepentant espousal to use her military force or power to further her own ends.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and US Secretary of State John Kerry walk to a joint news conference following meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing May 16, 2015. The United States and China clashed over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea on Saturday, as China's foreign minister asserted its sovereignty to reclaim reefs saying its determination to protect its interests is "as hard as a rock".REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and US Secretary of State John Kerry walk to a joint news conference following meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing May 16, 2015. The United States and China clashed over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea on Saturday, as China’s foreign minister asserted its sovereignty to reclaim reefs saying its determination to protect its interests is “as hard as a rock”.REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after their press conference following their meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China's smaller neighbors. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after their press conference following their meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China’s smaller neighbors. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang talk during a meeting at Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. The United States and China held firm Saturday to deep disagreements over increasingly assertive Chinese activity in disputed areas of the South China Sea, as Beijing politely but pointedly rejected U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's push for it to reduce tensions. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang talk during a meeting at Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. The United States and China held firm Saturday to deep disagreements over increasingly assertive Chinese activity in disputed areas of the South China Sea, as Beijing politely but pointedly rejected U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s push for it to reduce tensions. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing, China, May 16, 2015. The United States and China clashed over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea on Saturday, as China's foreign minister asserted its sovereignty to reclaim reefs saying its determination to protect its interests is "as hard as a rock". REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing, China, May 16, 2015. The United States and China clashed over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea on Saturday, as China’s foreign minister asserted its sovereignty to reclaim reefs saying its determination to protect its interests is “as hard as a rock”. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi following their meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China's smaller neighbors. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi following their meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China’s smaller neighbors. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and US Secretary of State John Kerry speak following a joint news conference following meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing May 16, 2015. The United States and China clashed over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea on Saturday, as China's foreign minister asserted its sovereignty to reclaim reefs saying its determination to protect its interests is "as hard as a rock". REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and US Secretary of State John Kerry speak following a joint news conference following meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing May 16, 2015. The United States and China clashed over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea on Saturday, as China’s foreign minister asserted its sovereignty to reclaim reefs saying its determination to protect its interests is “as hard as a rock”. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi following their meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China's smaller neighbors. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi following their meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China’s smaller neighbors. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hold a joint press conference following their meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China's smaller neighbors. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hold a joint press conference following their meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China’s smaller neighbors. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands after a press conference following meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Saturday, May 16, 2015. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging China to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a joint press conference following meetings with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, Saturday, May 16, 2015. Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China's smaller neighbors. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a joint press conference following meetings with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, Saturday, May 16, 2015. Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China’s smaller neighbors. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

I have been studying the aggressive nature of Red China since 1950s. The word ‘aggressor’ as a noun refers to a person or nation that is guilty of aggression or makes an unprovoked attack. Aggressive behavior, aggressive nature describe a mental inclination to start fights or quarrels, a readiness or willingness to take issue or engage in direct militant action. When I describe Red China as an “Aggressor Nation,” I am speaking about the practice or habit of being quarrelsome, destructively hostile to others, the use of unprovoked attacks or warlike acts. Red China is using her People’s Liberation Army violating her international obligations. Red China is aggressive for she displays boldness and because of her energetic pursuit of her own vested interests with a ruthless desire to dominate her weaker neighbors. Red China has formulated a State Policy called Expansionism which involves a vigorous, unrepentant espousal to use her military force or power to further her own ends.

Air Space Expansionism: I have been studying the aggressive nature of Red China since 1950s. The word ‘aggressor’ as a noun refers to a person or nation that is guilty of aggression or makes an unprovoked attack. Aggressive behavior, aggressive nature describe a mental inclination to start fights or quarrels, a readiness or willingness to take issue or engage in direct militant action. When I describe Red China as an “Aggressor Nation,” I am speaking about the practice or habit of being quarrelsome, destructively hostile to others, the use of unprovoked attacks or warlike acts. Red China is using her People’s Liberation Army violating her international obligations. Red China is aggressive for she displays boldness and because of her energetic pursuit of her own vested interests with a ruthless desire to dominate her weaker neighbors. Red China has formulated a State Policy called Expansionism which involves a vigorous, unrepentant espousal to use her military force or power to further her own ends.

Maritime Expansionism – South China Sea: I have been studying the aggressive nature of Red China since 1950s. The word ‘aggressor’ as a noun refers to a person or nation that is guilty of aggression or makes an unprovoked attack. Aggressive behavior, aggressive nature describe a mental inclination to start fights or quarrels, a readiness or willingness to take issue or engage in direct militant action. When I describe Red China as an “Aggressor Nation,” I am speaking about the practice or habit of being quarrelsome, destructively hostile to others, the use of unprovoked attacks or warlike acts. Red China is using her People’s Liberation Army violating her international obligations. Red China is aggressive for she displays boldness and because of her energetic pursuit of her own vested interests with a ruthless desire to dominate her weaker neighbors. Red China has formulated a State Policy called Expansionism which involves a vigorous, unrepentant espousal to use her military force or power to further her own ends.

Cold War in Asia – Lesson. 26 – Whole Mistake – Tibet Never Declared War on China – Unfinished Korea-Vietnam War

Tibet’s Only Fault – Tibet Never Declared War on China

Whole Mistake – Cold War in Asia – I coined the phrase, “Unfinished Korea-Vietnam War” as the issue primarily involves the Spread of Communism to Asia. If Tibet had declared a War against China, the United States would not have fought battles in Korea and Vietnam. That was Tibet’s Whole Mistake.

Trouble in Tibet – No Freedom of Religion in Occupied Tibet

Taiwan urged Tibetan Prime Minister and Uighur activist not to seek visas to visit Taipei to attend a forum on Religious Freedom as their presence may offend Red China. My concern is not about Taiwan’s sense of Fear. My concern is about lack of Freedom in Occupied Tibet.

Taiwan urges Tibetan exile leader and Uighur activist to stay away, supporters say

**SIKYONG, PRIME MINISTER LOBSANG SANGAY WITH US UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE SARAH SEWALL AT KANGRA AIRPORT.** Whole Mistake – Cold War in Asia – I coined the phrase, “Unfinished Korea-Vietnam War” as the issue primarily involves the Spread of Communism to Asia. If Tibet had declared a War against China, the United States would not have fought battles in Korea and Vietnam. That was Tibet’s Whole Mistake.

Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of Tibet’s government in exile, walks with Sarah Sewall, U.S. undersecretary of State for civilian security, democracy and human rights, during a meeting in Dharmsala, India, on Jan. 15.

(Ashwini Bhatia / Associated Press)

Ralph Jennings

Taiwanese authorities asked a close ally of the Dalai Lama, as well as a U.S.-based activist for China’s Uighur minority, not to attend a forum on religious freedom in Taipei this week because their presence might irritate mainland China’s Communist leaders, the event’s sponsors say.

U.S.-based representatives of Taiwan’s government persuaded Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer and Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of Tibet’s Buddhist government in exile in India, not to apply for visas in December, said Bob Fu, the founder of China Aid, an American nonprofit that is co-sponsoring the forum.

“To talk about China’s religious freedom situation, if you don’t mention the Tibetan and Uighur minorities, a discussion of religious freedoms is incomplete,” Fu said from the forum in Taipei, which opened Thursday with 99 participants from 26 countries. “The whole application process feels political.”

Beijing regards representatives of the Tibetan government in exile and Kadeer as separatists, and routinely pressures other countries not to host or meet with them.

Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry and immigration agency said they had no information about what their offices in the United States might have told potential visa applicants. “We have no way to comment; all we do is process the visas,” a National Immigration Agency spokesperson said.

Though Tibet and the Uighur homeland of Xinjiang are under control of mainland Chinese authorities, Taiwan has had de facto independence from mainland China since 1949. But Beijing still claims sovereignty over the island. The commonalities among these three contested regions have sparked significant interest in Taiwan about figures such as Kadeer and Sangay.

But outgoing Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, who is leaving office in May after eight years, has tried to foster closer ties with Beijing after six decades of icy hostilities.
The Dalai Lama retired as head of the Tibetan government in exile in 2011, giving up leadership to the democratically elected Sangay. The Dalai Lama abandoned calls for Tibetan independence in 1979, embracing instead a “middle way” in which Tibetans would enjoy autonomy and freedom of religion and speech under Chinese rule.

Kadeer, meanwhile, has taken a similar stance, speaking out on human rights issues in Xinjiang and campaigning for self-determination for the largely Muslim region.
Many Uighurs and Tibetans say Chinese officials restrict their religious practices as well as their language and customs.

In early February, a foundation in Taipei representing the Dalai Lama said it too was told by Taiwanese officials that Sangay should avoid this week’s forum.
“Taiwan is in a tough spot because of pressure from China, that’s the reason,” said Bari Dawa Tsering, director of the Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He declined to say which agency gave the word.

“Of course we hoped Sangay could do this. But Taiwan is small and right next to China, so their stance is not to add any new trouble,” he said.
Shortly after Ma took office, the Dalai Lama visited Taiwan in 2009 to console survivors of a typhoon that sparked serious mudslides and killed about 700 people. China warned Taiwan then that the visit could damage relations, but the two sides put the matter behind them on the way to signing a series of landmark economic pacts.
Kadeer was invited to Taiwan later that year by a musician but denied entry.

This time, Kadeer was rejected along with Dolkun Isa, a Uighur activist who escaped China in 1997 and is now a German citizen.
Ma’s Nationalist Party administration “fears that to let Dolkun Isa and Rebiya Kadeer enter Taiwan will affect the understanding it has reached with Beijing,” Dilxat Rexit, a spokesman for the World Uyghur Congress, said Friday.

Ma’s Nationalist Party roundly lost elections in January, and in May he will be replaced by Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party.
“Beijing’s adding of pressure has had the result of refusing them entry, and proves that Taiwan’s policy depends on Beijing’s complexion,” he added. “I hope in the future the Democratic Progressive Party government can reject Beijing.”

Jennings is a special correspondent.

**Trouble in Tibet – National Prayer Breakfast Meeting 2016. Dalai Lama attended the National Prayer Meeting.** Whole Mistake – Cold War in Asia – I coined the phrase, “Unfinished Korea-Vietnam War” as the issue primarily involves the Spread of Communism to Asia. If Tibet had declared a War against China, the United States would not have fought battles in Korea and Vietnam. That was Tibet’s Whole Mistake.

Cold War in Asia – Lesson. 24 – War to contain Red China’s Imperial Power

The Evil Red Empire – Communist China embraced Imperialism

the evil red empire chairman mao zedong premier zhou en lai1 — ***In my view, the Battle to checkmate Red China’s Imperial Power has to begin in Tibet, for Tibet is the first victim of Red China’s Imperialism.***

Red China is consistently following an Expansionist Policy that involves the practice of forming and maintaining an Empire by the conquest of territory of its weak neighbors. Tibet is the first victim of Red China’s Imperial Power. In recent times, the news media are paying attention to Red China’s military activities in South China Sea and are trying to comprehend its implications. To resolve the problems of Red China’s Maritime Expansionism, the problems caused by Red China’s Territorial Expansionism have to be cured. These are symptoms of the same disease or affliction; these are the Two-Sides of the Same Coin; these are the attributes of Red China’s Evil Power.

On Friday, May 22, 2015, Red China proclaimed its Victory over the US Navy operation which involved the US P-8 Poseidon Surveillance Plane that flew near Fiery Cross Reef in South China Sea. Red China asserted that it drove away the US Navy plane from its airspace. In my view, the Battle to checkmate Red China’s Imperial Power has to begin in Tibet, for Tibet is the first victim of Red China’s Imperialism.

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada

Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162, USA

Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

China navy warns U.S. plane flying near disputed islands

The Washington Post

Simon Denyer

red china imperialist us navy confrontation — ***In my view, the Battle to checkmate Red China’s Imperial Power has to begin in Tibet, for Tibet is the first victim of Red China’s Imperialism.***

© The Washington Post The U.S. Navy released this video showing flight operations aboard a P-8A Poseidon over the South China Sea on May 20, 2015. During the flight, the crew documented several warnings issued by China’s navy to leave the area.

U.S. Navy BEIJING — The Chinese navy repeatedly warned a U.S. surveillance plane to leave airspace around disputed islands in the South China Sea, a sign that Beijing may seek to create a military exclusion zone in a move that could heighten regional tensions. The warnings, delivered eight times to a P-8A Poseidon over the Spratly Islands on Wednesday, were reported by a CNN team aboard the plane.

“Foreign military aircraft. This is Chinese navy. You are approaching our military alert zone. Leave immediately,” a radio operator told the aircraft, later bluntly warning: “Go, go.” After each warning, the U.S. pilots responded calmly that the P-8A was flying through international airspace, according to the CNN team. [Washington and Beijing face off over man-made islands]

China claims sovereignty over more than 80 percent of the South China Sea. Rival claimants to islands and reefs — set amid fertile fishing grounds and potentially oil- and gas-rich waters — include the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei.

red china imperialist fiery cross reef — ***In my view, the Battle to checkmate Red China’s Imperial Power has to begin in Tibet, for Tibet is the first victim of Red China’s Imperialism.***

© REUTERS/Ritchie B. Tongo/Pool An aerial photo taken though a glass window of a Philippine military plane shows the alleged on-going land reclamation by China on mischief reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, west of Palawan, Philippines, May 11, 2015.

In the Spratly Islands, China has been engaged in a massive program of land reclamation and construction, including building artificial islands.

On Thursday, a spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, Hong Lei, said Beijing “has the right to monitor certain airspace and maritime areas and safeguard national security, to prevent unexpected incidents at sea.” He added that other countries should respect China’s sovereignty. The Philippines says similar warnings have been delivered to its military aircraft in the past three months, suggesting that China is trying to exclude foreign military planes from the area.

An attempt to impose restrictions in what is widely seen as international airspace would significantly raise tensions in the area and could provoke confrontations between the U.S. and Chinese militaries, experts said. Images captured by the U.S. plane’s high-performance cameras showed dozens of dredging vessels at different islands, some pumping sand onto reefs to build new land out of the ocean. They also showed an early-warning-radar building and a new airstrip on Fiery Cross Reef that CNN reported was long enough to land any military aircraft operated by China. [Reclaiming land, expanding tensions]

Capt. Mike Parker, on board the aircraft, said he thinks that at least one of the verbal challenges came from the radar station. “Although China glosses over the military purpose of those artificial islands, they are likely primarily intended to change the power balance in the South China Sea vis-a-vis the U.S. Navy, which for now is the dominant force in the area,” said Yanmei Xie, senior China analyst at the International Crisis Group. China could use the completed installations to “scramble fighter jets to intercept, tail and attempt to evict incoming military aircraft,” Xie noted. “That scenario would turn the South China Sea into a theater of frequent near-misses and even clashes,” she said.

Under international law, the construction of artificial islands confers no right of sovereignty over neighboring waters, and the United States has made it clear that it will not respect China’s claim to what it sees as international waters and airspace.

In Washington, a Pentagon spokesman, Col. Steve Warren, said “freedom of navigations operations” would continue in the South China Sea, but he insisted that U.S. military aircraft do not fly directly over areas claimed by China in the Spratly Islands. “We will continue to fly in international airspace,” he said. Secretary of State John F. Kerry expressed concern about China’s land reclamation project to the nation’s leaders last weekend, but his complaints appeared to fall on deaf ears. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China’s determination “to safeguard our own sovereignty and territorial is as firm as rock and is unshakable.”

But on social media, some Chinese mocked the failure to scare off the U.S. plane. “Isn’t intercepting the robbers in the air the responsibility of the Chinese air force?” one asked. Another branded the incident a “national disgrace and a disgrace for the Chinese people.” Although China has acknowledged that the islands will have military uses, Hong insisted that the main purpose of the construction work was “to provide service for search and rescue at sea, fishing security, disaster prevention and relief, and meteorological monitoring, among other things.”

Last week, senators on both sides of the aisle in Washington called for a more robust U.S. response to China’s maritime activity, arguing that China was not paying any price for its actions while regional allies were questioning U.S. commitment to Asian security.

Paul Haenle, director of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center in Beijing, said Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken a much more assertive approach to strengthening his country’s maritime claims. “After several decades of being weak, the Chinese feel they have lost ground on their historical claims and are now in a better position to strengthen them. And the lack of strong U.S. leadership internationally has contributed to a sense in China that they can push these claims now and will not face negative consequences,” he said. [Vietnam also critical of Chinese plans]

Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said at a conference in Jakarta on Wednesday that China’s actions were eroding regional trust and could provoke conflict. “Its behavior threatens to set a new precedent whereby larger countries are free to intimidate smaller ones, and that provokes tensions, instability and can even lead to conflict,” he said, according to the Reuters news agency.

But in a sign that the U.S. and Chinese militaries have taken measures to improve communication and avoid clashes, a U.S. combat ship used agreed codes for unplanned encounters when it met a Chinese vessel during a recent patrol of the South China Sea. “We exchanged messages, and it was very professional,” Cmdr. Matthew Kawas, the commanding officer of the USS Fort Worth, told visiting journalists in Singapore on Wednesday. He declined to comment further on the communications with the Chinese vessel, other than to point out that it is useful for both navies to become accustomed to each other’s practices.

Earlier, Adm. Michelle Howard told reporters in Singapore that the two navies had agreed to use codes specifically designed to manage unplanned encounters at sea. “Fort Worth came across one of our counterparts and they did do that, so things went as professionally as they have since that agreement was made,” she said, according to Bloomberg News.

If the Navy acts on the proposal to step up patrols in the South China Sea, the Fort Worth, a littoral combat vessel, and its sister ships are likely to play a key role. The expensive new additions to the Navy’s fleet are speedy and maneuverable and have a draft of just 15 feet. “It enables us to go places where other ships cannot,” said Capt. Fred Kacher, commodore of the U.S. Navy’s Destroyer Squadron 7, adding that an unmanned helicopter on board the ship is equipped with a a video camera that allows the Fort Worth “to see what’s going on.”

Will Englund in Singapore, Liu Liu and Gu Jinglu in Beijing and Missy Ryan in Washington contributed to this report.

***In my view, the Battle to checkmate Red China’s Imperial Power has to begin in Tibet, for Tibet is the first victim of Red China’s Imperialism.***

Cold War in Asia – Lesson 21 – Troubles of Tibet – Railroads are military infrastructure to sustain Occupation

Trouble in Tibet – Sichuan – Tibet Railroad

**Modern Face of Trouble in Tibet. Ugly Face of Occupation.**

Sichuan-Tibet Railroad is a sign and symptom of ‘Trouble in Tibet’, Trouble called Occupation. This Railroad poses threat for it represents military infrastructure used to sustain Tibet’s Oppression.

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162 USA
Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

**Modern Face of Trouble in Tibet. Ugly Face of Occupation has New Dimension.**

CHINA TOPIX

WORK ON SICHUAN-TIBET RAILWAY SPEEDS UP

By ALEXIS VILLARIAS Jan 30, 2016 10:08 AM EST

The railway aims to decrease the travel time between Chengdu and Lhasa to 15 hours instead of 42 hours on a train or three days on road.

China will speed up the construction of the ambitious Sichuan-Tibet railway project this year, according to officials from the two regions. The railway aims to connect Lhasa with Chengdu, including Tibet in China’s transportation corridor to Europe.

During the fourth session of the 10th People’s Congress of Tibet in Lhasa, Losang Jamcan, chairman of the Tibet autonomous region government said that authorities will start preliminary survey and research of the Kanting-Lyi railway project this year. He hopes that this will speed up the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet railway in the 13th Five-Year Plan period, reports China Daily.

The acting governor of Sichuan, Yin Li, voiced the same sentiment during the fourth session of the 12th People’s Congress of Sichuan in Chengdu.

The construction of the west and east sections of the railway already started last year. The project is expected to be fully completed in the early 2030s.

The railway project, which will connect Lhasa and Chengdu will be divided into three sections: Lhasa-Lyingchi, Lyingchi-Kangting, and Kangting-Chengdu. Almost 1,000 km of the railway will be in Tibet.

The railway is designed around and through the mountains with the highest point at over 7,000 meters. More than 74 percent of its length will run on bridges and tunnels. The railway will be constructed 3,000 meters above the sea level.

The railway will also cross the major rivers in Minjiang, Jinshajiang, and Yarlung Zangbo, according to a senior civil engineer at China Railway Corp.

The railway has been dubbed as the longest rollercoaster in the world with a design service life of 100 years. It is believed to be one of the most difficult railway projects of all time, Lin Shijin added.
It currently takes 42 hours to travel from Chengdu to Lhasa via train and three days via road. The new project hopes to shorten travel time to less than 15 hours.

Cold War in Asia – Lesson. 19 – Asia Reassurance Initiative Act Symbolizes Democracy vs Communism Rift

Asia Reassurance Initiative Act Symbolizes Cold War in Asia

***The Asia Reassurance Initiative Act Symbolizes the Democracy vs Communism Rift that characterizes the US-China Relations since 1949.***

In my analysis, the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act symbolizes the reality of ‘Cold War in Asia’. President of Tibet and the President of the United States have acknowledged the threat posed by the Enemy’s presence in Tibet.

Democracy vs Communism Rift has characterized the US-China Relations since 1949

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada

Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

CTA President welcomes the enactment of Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) | Central Tibetan Administration
Clipped from: https://tibet.net/2019/01/cta-president-welcomes-the-enactment-of-asia-reassurance-initiative-act-aria/

CTA President hails the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act.

Dharamshala: President Dr Lobsang Sangay of Central Tibetan Administration hailed the enactment of the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) on Tuesday, saying that the passage is a much-welcomed move. US President Donald Trump signed the ARIA Act into law on 31 December 2018, having passed the Senate and the House on 4 and 12 December respectively.

President Dr Sangay thanked the US Congress for passing the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act, which references Tibet in terms of supporting “activities preserving cultural traditions and promoting sustainable development, education, and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, India, and Nepal.”

CTA President, in recent years, has made multiple visits to the United States and held high-level meetings in the Senate as well as the House of Representatives. During those meetings, he has relentlessly tabled the issue of prioritizing Tibet at the core of US policy. The Office of Tibet in Washington DC has also made tremendous efforts towards this.

“ARIA ensures that the US will continue to support Tibet by authorizing funds for Tibet-related programs and by highlighting Chinese human rights abuses against the Tibetan people,” said Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the lead sponsors of the Act.

Matteo Mecacci, president of the International Campaign for Tibet said: “This Act rightly places the issue of Tibet within the parameters of US security interests. Tibet occupies an Asian fault zone of clashing cultures and big-power politics.”

The Act, known as ARIA, aims at enhancing American leadership in the Indo-Pacific region and strengthening cooperation with regional partners, including India and Taiwan. It says, “The United States has a fundamental interest in defending human rights and promoting the rule of law in the Indo-Pacific region.”

Following is the reference to Tibet in the Act.
SEC. 409. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) Promotion of Democracy in the Indo-Pacific Region.–
(1) In general.–There is authorized to be appropriated $210,000,000, for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to promote democracy, strengthen civil society, human rights, rule of law, transparency, and accountability in the Indo- Pacific region, including for universities, civil society, and multilateral institutions that are focusing on education awareness, training, and capacity building.

(2) Democracy in China. –Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made available for United States Government efforts, led by the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, to promote democracy, the rule of law, and human rights in the People’s Republic of China.

(3) Tibet. –Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made available for nongovernmental organizations to support activities preserving cultural traditions and promoting sustainable development, education, and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, India, and Nepal.

The Act also recognizes India as a major Defense partner, the vital role of the strategic partnership between the United States and India in promoting peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region. Section 204 of the Act calls for strengthening and broadening of diplomatic, economic, and security ties between the two countries.

The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region, comprising the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean, including the South China Sea.

Cold War in Asia – Lesson. 15 – The History of Trouble in Tibet

Tibet Awareness – The History of Tibet’s Unrest

TIBET AWARENESS – THE HISTORY OF UNREST IN TIBET. **Most of the self-immolations and the worst cases of historical repression are in the same spots in the Tibetan provinces near China.**

From 1947, both Tibet and India anticipated Trouble in Tibet while the Communists came into Power in mainland China forcing Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists to retreat to Formosa or Taiwan. During 1945 to 1949, Tibet was unwilling to fully embrace the offer of the US Friendship hoping Red China will respect Tibet’s Policy of Isolationism or Neutralism. Trouble in Tibet speaks of the lack of Intelligence capabilities; Tibet’s Trouble describes Tibet’s Intelligence failure; Tibet failed to know the Enemy’s Mind and it was a total Intelligence Disaster. For Tibet failed to provide the necessary Intelligence, the response of India and the United States was inadequate from the beginning of Tibet’s Trouble.

Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162 USA
Special Frontier Force-Establishment 22-Vikas Regiment

**The beginning of the Cold War in Asia in 1949 with the Communist takeover of mainland China.**

THE NEW YORK TIMES

A WRITER’S QUEST TO UNEARTH THE ROOTS OF TIBET’S UNREST

SINOSPHERE

By LUO SILING AUG. 14, 2016

**Tibet Awareness – The History of Tibet’s Unrest**

On March 10, 1959, several thousand Tibetans, fearing that the Chinese might abduct the Dalai Lama, gathered at the Norbulingka summer palace to protect the Tibetan spiritual leader. Credit The Office of Tibet, Washington, D.C.

Generations of Chinese have been taught that the Tibetan people are grateful to China for having liberated them from feudalism and serfdom, and yet Tibetan protests, including self-immolations, continue to erupt against Chinese rule. In ‘TIBET IN AGONY: LHASA 1959’,to be published in October by Harvard University Press, the Chinese-born writer Jianglin Li explores the roots of Tibetan unrest in China’s occupation of Tibet in the 1950s, culminating in March 1959 with the Peoples Liberation Army’s shelling of Lhasa and the Dalai Lama’s flight to India. In an interview, she shared her findings.

You’ve drawn parallels between the killings in Lhasa in 1959 and the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing.

China was better able to cover up its actions in Lhasa in 1959, before the advent of instantaneous global media coverage, but the two have much in common. In both, the Chinese Communists used military might to crush popular uprisings, and both involved egregious massacres of civilians. But for Tibetans, what sets the Lhasa massacre apart is their bitter sense of China as a foreign occupying power. The Tibetans were subjugated by force, and they are still protesting today.

What happened in 1959?

The crisis began on the morning of March 10, when thousands of Tibetans rallied around the Dalai Lama’s Norbulingka palace to prevent him from leaving. He had accepted an invitation to a theatrical performance at the People’s Liberation Army headquarters, but rumors that the Chinese were planning to abduct him set off general panic. Even after he canceled his excursion to mollify the demonstrators, they refused to leave and insisted on staying to guard his palace. The demonstrations included a strong outcry against Chinese rule, and China promptly labeled them an armed insurrection, warranting military action. About a week after the turmoil began, the Dalai Lama secretly escaped, and on March 20, Chinese troops began a concerted assault on Lhasa. After taking over the city in a matter of days, inflicting heavy casualties and damaging heritage sites, they moved quickly to consolidate control over all Tibet.

Why did the Dalai Lama flee to India?

Mainly he hoped to prevent a massacre. He thought the crowds around his palace would disperse once he left, robbing the Chinese of a pretext to attack. In fact, not even his departure could have prevented the blood bath that ensued, because Mao Zedong had already mobilized his troops for a final showdown in Tibet.

Jianglin Li Credit Ding Yifu

When the Dalai Lama left, he didn’t plan to go as far as India. He hoped to return to Lhasa after negotiating peace with the Chinese from the safety of the Tibetan hinterlands. But once he heard about the destruction in Lhasa several days into his journey he realized that plan was no longer feasible.

Why were the Tibetans afraid the Chinese would abduct the Dalai Lama?

For Tibetans, he is a sacred being, to be protected at all costs. He had traveled to Beijing to meet Mao in 1954 without setting off mass protests. By 1959, however, tensions had risen, and Tibetans had reason to fear the Chinese theater invitation might be a trap.

The trouble actually started in the Tibetan regions of nearby Chinese provinces Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu, home to about 60 percent of the Tibetan population. When the Chinese Communists forced collectivization on these Tibetan nomads and farmers in the latter half of the 1950s, the results were catastrophic. Riots and rebellions spread like wildfire. The Communists responded with military force, and there were terrible massacres. Refugees streamed into Tibet, bringing their horror stories into Lhasa.

Some of the most frightening reports had to do with the disappearances of Tibetan leaders in Sichuan and Qinghai. It was party policy to try to pre-empt Tibetan rebellion by luring prominent Tibetans from their communities with invitations to banquets, shows or study classes from which many never returned. People in Lhasa thought the Dalai Lama could be next.

You’ve documented the massacres of Tibetans in the Chinese provinces in the late 1950s.

In 2012, I drove across Qinghai to a remote place an elderly Tibetan refugee in India had told me about: a ravine where a flood one year brought down a torrent of skeletons, clogging the Yellow River. From his description, I identified the location as Drongthil Gully, in the mountains of Tsolho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. I had read in Chinese sources about major campaigns against Tibetans in that area in 1958 and 1959. About 10,000 Tibetans, entire families with their livestock had fled to the hills there to escape the Chinese. At Drongthil Gully, the Chinese deployed six ground regiments, including infantry, cavalry and artillery, and something the Tibetans had never heard of: aircraft with 100-kilogram bombs. The few Tibetans who were armed, the head of a nomad household normally carried a gun to protect his herds shot back, but they were no match for the Chinese, who recorded that more than 8,000 rebel bandits were annihilated, killed, wounded or captured in these campaigns.

I wondered about the skeletons until I saw the place for myself, and then it seemed entirely plausible. The river at the bottom of the ravine there flows into a relatively narrow section of the Yellow River. In desolate areas like this, Chinese troops were known to withdraw after a victory, leaving the ground littered with corpses.

**Tibet Awareness – The History of Tibet’s Unrest.Credit Harvard University Press**

The Tibetans in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai were already under nominal Chinese administration when the Communists took over in 1949. How was Tibet annexed?

It was Mao’s goal from the moment he came to power. Tibet is strategically located, he said in January 1950, and we must occupy it and transform it into a people’s democracy.

He started by sending troops to invade Tibet at Chamdo in October 1950, forcing the Tibetans to sign the 17-Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, which ceded Tibetan sovereignty to China. Next, the People’s Liberation Army marched into Lhasa in 1951, at the same time in disregard of the Chinese promise in the agreement to leave the Tibetan sociopolitical system intact smuggling an underground Communist Party cell into the city to build a party presence in Tibet.

Meanwhile, Mao was preparing his military and awaiting the right moment to strike. Our time has come, he declared in March 1959, seizing on the demonstrations in Lhasa. After conquering the city, China dissolved the Tibetan government and under the slogan of simultaneous battle and reform imposed the full Communist program throughout Tibet, culminating in the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region in 1965.

How did Mao prepare his military for Tibet?

Mao welcomed the campaigns to suppress minority uprisings within China’s borders as practice for war in Tibet. There were new weapons for his troops to master, to say nothing of the unfamiliar challenges of battle on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

The new weapons included 10 Tupolev TU-4 bombers, which Stalin gave Mao in 1953. Mao tested them in airstrikes at three Tibetan monasteries in Sichuan, starting with Jamchen Choekhor Ling, in Lithang. On March 29, 1956, while thousands of Chinese troops fought Tibetans at the monastery, two of the new planes were deployed. The Tibetans saw giant birds approach and drop some strange objects, but they had no word for airplane, or for bomb. According to Chinese records, more than 2,000 Tibetans were annihilated in the battle, including civilians who had sought refuge in the monastery.

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The Dalai Lama meeting with Mao Zedong in Peking on Oct. 13, 1954. Credit Associated Press

Mao used his most seasoned troops in Tibet. Gen. Ding Sheng and his 54th Army, veterans of the Korean War, had gained experience suppressing minority uprisings in Qinghai and Gansu in 1958 before heading to Tibet in 1959.

How often was the Chinese military used against Tibetans, and how many Tibetan casualties were there?

We don’t have an exact tally of military encounters, since many went unrecorded. My best estimate based on official Chinese materials, public and classified, is about 15,000 in all Tibetan regions between 1956 and 1962.

Precise casualty figures are hard to come by, but according to a classified Chinese military document I found in a Hong Kong library, more than 456,000 Tibetans were annihilated from 1956 to 1962.

How does this history relate to recent Tibetan self-immolations?

I think they are a direct consequence. I’ve compared a map of the self-immolations with my map of Chinese crackdowns on Tibetans between 1956 and 1962, and there’s a striking correlation. Most of the self-immolations and the worst cases of historical repression are in the same spots in the Tibetan provinces near China.

How did you get interested in this?

Like everyone in China, I was raised on the party line. I never thought to question it until I came to the U.S. for graduate study in 1988 and discovered how differently people here think of Tibet.

Since 2007, I’ve been making annual research trips to Asia, where I have recorded interviews with hundreds of Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal, including the Dalai Lama and his brother. In 2012, I explored Tibetan historical sites in Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan and interviewed people there. I crosscheck what I learn in the field with written data: official annals of the Tibetan regions, Chinese documents, and Tibetan and Chinese memoirs.

How has the Chinese government responded to your work?

The only official response to my books has been to ban them, but I’ve been denied a visa since my trip to sensitive Tibetan regions in 2012. This has been painful because my 84-year-old mother still lives in China.

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FILE - In this May 2, 1949 file photo, a column of Chinese Communist light tanks enter the streets of Peking, which are filled with people watching the conquerors pass. In 1949, Chiang Kai-sheks Nationalists lost the Chinese civil war to Mao Zedongs Communists and retreat from the Chinese mainland to the island of Taiwan. The Republic of China, however, retained Chinas Security Council seat with the key backing of the U.S. in order to restrain Maos ally, the Soviet Union, as the Cold War unfolds. (AP Photo, File) — FILE – In this May 2, 1949 file photo, a column of Chinese Communist light tanks enter the streets of Peking, which are filled with people watching the conquerors pass. In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists lost the Chinese civil war to Mao Zedong’s Communists and retreat from the Chinese mainland to the island of Taiwan. The Republic of China, however, retained China’s Security Council seat with the key backing of the U.S. in order to restrain Mao’s ally, the Soviet Union, as the Cold War unfolds. (AP Photo, File)

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**Most of the self-immolations and the worst cases of historical repression are in the same spots in the Tibetan provinces near China.**

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Trouble in Tibet – Trouble for Asia

Whole Trouble – Occupation of Tibet brings Trouble for Asia. **China’s extensive dam-building would give it control of Southeast Asia’s rivers**

People of Asia are slowly coming to grips with ‘Trouble in Tibet’. Red China’s military occupation of Tibet and dam-building to control flow of South Asia’s rivers is a security threat and it demands the use of military power to resolve Tibet’s Trouble.

Preventing a water war in Asia

China’s extensive dam-building would give it control of Southeast Asia’s rivers

An Indian washerman works on the banks of the River Brahmaputra on a foggy winter morning in Gauhati, India, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES – – Monday, January 18, 2016

Just when Asia was getting accustomed to the Chinese threat to the oceans of Southeast Asia, there’s another water worry for Asians. The government in Beijing controls the health of six major South and Southeastern Asian rivers, the heart of life in the region. All of the rivers rise on the Tibetan plateau. The Chinese have been on an intensive program of dam-building on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra, the Irrawaddy, the Meman Chao Phya and the Mekong, which would give them the ability to control these arteries of commerce, as well as irrigation of rice and other crops, for vast areas downstream.

Snows are melting on thousands of glaciers, the largest concentration of ice north and south of the poles, repeating the ancient and constant cycle of change in the world’s weather. One Tibetan lake, Namtso, a holy site where pilgrims circumnavigate its banks in prayer, expanded by 20 square miles between 2000 and 2014. Tibet’s glaciers have shrunk by 15 percent over the past 30 years. Though subject to the whims of climate change, if melting continues at current levels the warmer temperatures could melt two-thirds of the plateau’s glaciers by 2050, and this would affect in unknown ways 2 billion people in China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

The most dramatic example of prospective risk is China’s plan to divert the Brahmaputra from its upper reaches, where it flows a thousand miles through Tibet and another 600 miles through India, emptying into the harbor of Calcutta, the second-largest city of India. The Brahmaputra is the lifeline of northeast India, a troubled region with caste and other ethnic conflicts.

There’s concern in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia over eight dams under construction on the upper reaches of the Mekong River. The Burmese military junta canceled a dam under construction in Myanmar, formerly called Burma, one of six Chinese-led hydroelectric projects planned for the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy. These plants would have exported electricity to southern China.

Government and the business interests worry that China’s apparent intention to dam every major river flowing out of Tibet will lead to environmental imbalance, natural disasters, degrade fragile ecologies, and most of all, divert vital water supplies. The extent of the Chinese program is monumental — on the eight great Tibetan rivers alone, China has completed or started construction of 20 dams, with three-dozen more on the drawing board.

The Dalai Lama points out the obvious, that China’s dam-building could lead to conflict. He warns that India’s use of the Tibetan water “is something very, very essential. So, since millions of Indians use water coming from the Himalayan glaciers I think [India] should express more serious concern. This is nothing to do with politics, just everybody’s interests, including Chinese people.”

The Chinese program for the Brahmaputra is one of the issues which complicate the India-China relationship. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi blows hot and cold over the threat. Despite extensive contacts, Himalayan border disputes dating from almost a century are no nearer solution than ever, and water is one of the important irritants. Increasing penetration of the Himalayan kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan, once dependencies of Britain, has become a new concern in New Delhi.

However, China has become India’s No. 1 trading partner — up to $80 billion in 2015, an increase of $10 billion over 2014. India exports mostly raw materials and imports mostly Chinese electronics and other manufactured goods. Economic relations are the usual guarantee that political and economic disagreements will somehow be sorted out. But not always. Keeping the peace if not necessarily tranquility between the Asian giants must be a priority of the U.S. government. A water war is in nobody’s interest.

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We use energy at a rate, quite literally, that could make mountains move.Now that is something I think really is mind-boggling.

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© The Washington Post The U.S. Navy released this video showing flight operations aboard a P-8A Poseidon over the South China Sea on May 20, 2015. During the flight, the crew documented several warnings issued by China’s navy to leave the area.

China claims sovereignty over more than 80 percent of the South China Sea. Rival claimants to islands and reefs — set amid fertile fishing grounds and potentially oil- and gas-rich waters — include the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei.

© REUTERS/Ritchie B. Tongo/Pool An aerial photo taken though a glass window of a Philippine military plane shows the alleged on-going land reclamation by China on mischief reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, west of Palawan, Philippines, May 11, 2015.

In the Spratly Islands, China has been engaged in a massive program of land reclamation and construction, including building artificial islands.

Under international law, the construction of artificial islands confers no right of sovereignty over neighboring waters, and the United States has made it clear that it will not respect China’s claim to what it sees as international waters and airspace.

Last week, senators on both sides of the aisle in Washington called for a more robust U.S. response to China’s maritime activity, arguing that China was not paying any price for its actions while regional allies were questioning U.S. commitment to Asian security.

Will Englund in Singapore, Liu Liu and Gu Jinglu in Beijing and Missy Ryan in Washington contributed to this report.

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Whole Trouble – Occupation of Tibet brings Trouble for Asia

We use energy at a rate, quite literally, that could make mountains move.
Now that is something I think really is mind-boggling.