Background Briefs via links
SWIMMING DRAGON BRIEFS BY HYPERLINK
THIS IS A REPRINT OF A SEPTEMBER 2012 POST. WE PROVIDE IT AS A SOURCE OF BACKGROUND READING FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO FOLLOW THE STILL ONGOING INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION THAT CHINA HAS FILED OVER THEIR DISPUTE WITH JAPAN OVER THE SENKAKU ISLANDS. WE VIEW THIS DISPUTE AS SIMPLY ONE PART OF CHINA'S OVERREACHING TERRITORIAL GRAB FOR THE "FIRST ISLAND CHAIN" AND THEIR ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE CHINA SEA A PRIVATE LAKE. THE HYPER LINKS PROVIDED HERE LINK YOU TO A NUMBER OF JOURNALISTIC ARTICLES AND VIDEO THAT WE OFTEN REFERENCE IN OUR SERIES ON THE GREAT CHINA LAND /SEA THEFT THAT WE CALL "HOW FAR WILL THE DRAGON SWIM?"UPDATED: English Language professional news source found;
Editor's Note: The red letter description of a stand off at sea refers to what appears to be the opening day of China's months long program of systematic harassment of Japan's Coast Guard near the Senkaku Islands. Recently China added to the program of at sea harassment an international lawsuit claiming sovereignty over the disputed islands. When we announced that we were dropping our coverage of the event we were referring to our daily reports on this particular stand off, not discontinuance of general coverage of China's claims under our series title "How Far Will The Dragon Swim?" When China first appeared on scene for about 48 hours we could not find any English language media coverage so we passed on reports of what was going on on scene from our confidential informants. As soon as we discovered a professional English language journalistic source we began linking to their on line coverage and cease our ad hoc news operation.
IS NO NEWS GOOD NEWS? CHINESE AND JAPANESE COAST GUARD VESSELS HAVE BEEN IN A STANDOFF SINCE THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. AFTER AN INITIAL AGGRESSIVE OPENING COMMUNICATION BY THE CHINESE NOTHING WAS REPORTED FOR MANY HOURS. THIS MORNING'S JAPANESE ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWS COVERAGE INDICATES THE SITUATION AT SEA WHILE TENSE IS DE-ESCALATING, BUT TAKING ON A PERMANENT ASPECT. CHECK THE LATEST BACKGROUNDER POSTS BELOW. HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO RELEVANT BACKGROUND READING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THIS MORNINGS ENGLISH VERSION OF THE JAPANESE PAPER ASAHI SHIMBUN WE ARE DROPPING OUR ACTIVE RESEARCH INTO OUR OWN SOURCES AND LINKING YOU TO THEIR COVERAGE.
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China to keep ships, fishing boats near Senkakus:http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ201209200070
China suggests economic sanctions over Senkakus: http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ201209200084
COMMENTARY/ Satoshi Amako: Let's find a way to bury islands hatchet:http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ201209190054
China and Japan: a dangerous standoff over the Senkaku islands
The Senkaku islands dispute is the latest episode in a long history of conflict – and the Americans are increasingly nervous:http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/17/china-japan-dangerous-standoff
September 18, 2012 10:52 pm
Tokyo and Beijing must step back from the brink:http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c046f64-01af-11e2-8aaa-00144feabdc0.html#axzz26sJeKy6e
NEW: Perhaps the Most Comprehensive Backgrounder:
From: Resource Investor posted yesterday with knowledge of the confrontation in progress:
http://www.resourceinvestor.com/2012/09/19/standoff-in-south-china-sea-close-to-boiling-over?t=precious-metals&page
A VIDEO OF THE MASS MURDER THAT CHINA GOT AWAY WITH AND LAUNCHED THEIR BELIEF THAT THEY COULD BULLY THEIR WAY INTO TOTAL OWNERSHIP OF THE CHINA SEA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy2ZrFphSmc
China-Japan dispute over Islandsclouds $340b trade ties:
China-Japan Dispute Tests China’s Ties With the US: http://www.voanews.com/content/china-japan-dispute-test-chinas-ties-with-the-us/1511452.html
Amazingly this backgrounder posted only this morning makes no mention of the current stand off. It describes recent U.S. actions including an invitation to the PLAN to participate in joint exercises. The government can't be ignorant of what is going on right now off of the islands. Is it choosing to ignore these developments? Are we sending a signal that we won't honor our 1951 defense treaty with Japan?
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