CHINA AS A THUG STATE, THE DRAGON DEVOURING ITS NEIGHBORS, ITS NOT JUST OUR GIANT CATFISH WHO THINKS SO ANYMORE
Namazu, Giant Catfish former Japanese demigod, AAB maritime analysts who has been identifying China as a "thug state and sounding the warning about the Dragon's aggressive intentions for months is now joined by a growing list of analytic journalists and naval professionals. Last week we covered the pronouncements of a senior U.S. naval intelligence officer at a Naval Institute conference on the U.S. West Coast. Today we link you to some media reactions around the English speaking world.NATIONAL TIMES:China's domestic problems a 'recipe for regional disaster'
Linda Jakobson, program director for the East Asia section at the Lowy Institute and one of the world's top China experts, has warned in a paper released on Tuesday that China's new leader Xi Jinping will be under pressure to solve his country's ''formidable domestic problems''.
If the emerging giant becomes too reactive in its foreign policy, the results could be disastrous, with the country's leadership likely to be swayed by nationalist reaction if an accident or miscalculation sparks a military skirmish with Japan or one of China's South East Asian neighbours.
''This may have serious consequences because of the potentially explosive nature of two of China's most pressing foreign policy challenges: how to decrease tensions with Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands and with South East Asian states over territorial claims in the South China Sea,'' she says.
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U.S. Lawmakers Blame China for Maritime Disputes
Namazu will be publishing a post later on the naval capacity of the English Speaking World. We're a couple of cards short of a full deck for this game.
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