Posted by GoldenHarvest1 > 2021-04-24 23:29 | Report Abuse

Japan-US-France to hold first ever joint military drill in SCS

https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/04/24/japan-to-host-first-joint-military-drill-with-us-france---heightening-tensions-in-south-china-sea

Posted by stockraider > 2021-04-25 10:44 | Report Abuse

Wasting monies loh!

No impact on China mah!

Posted by GoldenHarvest1 > Apr 24, 2021 11:29 PM | Report Abuse

Japan-US-France to hold first ever joint military drill in SCS

https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/04/24/japan-t...

Posted by Sslee > 2021-04-25 11:34 | Report Abuse

Wonder Japan economy is now depend on US or China?
If China boycott Japan companies and goods then what will happen to Japan?
Japan need to reflect on their past injustics wars and atrocity inflicted/against all it neighbour countries.

Posted by stockraider > 2021-04-25 12:46 | Report Abuse

Japan a lackey of USA mah!

Posted by Sslee > Apr 25, 2021 11:34 AM | Report Abuse

Wonder Japan economy is now depend on US or China?
If China boycott Japan companies and goods then what will happen to Japan?
Japan need to reflect on their past injustics wars and atrocity inflicted/against all it neighbour countries.

Posted by stockraider > 2021-04-25 12:51 | Report Abuse

Do u notice no more terrorist attack on western countries after USA target china, by claiming to be a hero for being a strong muslim world defender mah!!

Posted by RiverOfSilver > 2021-04-25 12:52 | Report Abuse

Japan-US-France joint military drill (it's actually being done in waters off southwestern Japan) is sign that anti-China coalition in Western Pacific is growing

Posted by RiverOfSilver > 2021-04-25 12:53 | Report Abuse

It also means that a Nato-like alliance is evolving in Western Pacific region

Posted by stockraider > 2021-04-25 12:54 | Report Abuse

Do they include Russian ?

Posted by Thomas > Apr 25, 2021 12:52 PM | Report Abuse

Do you know that the ISS(international space station) exclude China! ISS ban chinese astronauts!

Posted by RiverOfSilver > 2021-04-25 12:57 | Report Abuse

Posted by Thomas > Apr 25, 2021 12:50 PM | Report Abuse

However, i think it's just pure arrogance on Ccp side that need to be tempered! China should instead pursue peace and prosperity among neighbours which is far better can confrontation!

*******

They can start by getting out of SCS

Posted by stockraider > 2021-04-25 13:03 | Report Abuse

Tell japan to get out of daiyou island 1st mah!

Posted by RiverOfSilver > Apr 25, 2021 12:57 PM | Report Abuse

Posted by Thomas > Apr 25, 2021 12:50 PM | Report Abuse

However, i think it's just pure arrogance on Ccp side that need to be tempered! China should instead pursue peace and prosperity among neighbours which is far better can confrontation!

*******

They can start by getting out of SCS

Posted by stockraider > 2021-04-25 13:04 | Report Abuse

U see if China do not occupy all these strategic islands...USA & its lackey will occupy mah!

Posted by Sslee > 2021-04-25 13:05 | Report Abuse

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202104/1221929.shtml

The Chinese wisdom goes that "a country practicing hegemonism is doomed to fail," rather than "a country will definitely seek hegemony when growing stronger," according to Wang.

He said that the future of the China-US relations depends on whether the United States can accept China's peaceful rise and whether it recognizes that the Chinese people have the right to pursue a better life.

Noting that democracy is not Coca-Cola that promises the same taste everywhere in the world, Wang said the United States should respect the path and system independently chosen by China.

Wang said he hopes that the United States will practice true multilateralism.

Speaking of Taiwan, Wang stressed that playing the "Taiwan card" is "playing with fire," urging the United States to strictly abide by the one-China principle and honor its commitments under the three Sino-US Joint Communiques.

Wang said "genocide" and "forced labor" are big lies fabricated for political motives on matters related to China's Xinjiang

In response to latest development in Hong Kong, he said the US side should respect the efforts of the Chinese government to implement the principle of "one country, two systems."

China never engages in coercion and opposes coercion by other countries, Wang added.

Posted by chinaman > 2021-04-25 13:08 | Report Abuse

USA+france+Japan+UK occupy worldwide land, sea is OK, but if China is wrong ma. all these west once rich already bankrupt, so must MEROMPAK, become pirates of the carribean.... wakaka

Posted by RiverOfSilver > 2021-04-25 13:16 | Report Abuse

wang yi can keep on spouting any boullkrap he likes, but are US + US allies gonna listen at all?

Posted by RiverOfSilver > 2021-04-25 13:20 | Report Abuse

US + US allies never gonna allow China to take Taiwan by force

Posted by BeastOfTheEast > 2021-04-25 13:42 | Report Abuse

Posted by Thomas > Apr 25, 2021 12:50 PM | Report Abuse

However, i think it's just pure arrogance on Ccp side that need to be tempered! China should instead pursue peace and prosperity among neighbours which is far better can confrontation!

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China neo-imperialism & aggressionism under XJP + current CCP gonna be stopped in its tracks

Whatever it takes

Posted by Sslee > 2021-04-25 13:47 | Report Abuse

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Communiqu%C3%A9s#:~:text=The%20Three%20Communiqu%C3%A9s%20or%20Three,Republic%20of%20China%20(P.R.C.).

The Three Communiqués or Three Joint Communiqués (Chinese: 三个联合公报) are a collection of three joint statements made by the governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.). The communiqués played a crucial role in the establishment of relations between the U.S. and the P.R.C. and continue to be an essential element in dialogue between the two states.

Of cause US can treat whatever communiques/treaty they signed on as not worth the paper it's written on.

Posted by Sslee > 2021-04-25 14:01 | Report Abuse

The Chinese wisdom goes that "a country practicing hegemonism is doomed to fail," rather than "a country will definitely seek hegemony when growing stronger," according to Wang.

Noting that democracy is not Coca-Cola that promises the same taste everywhere in the world

China never engages in coercion and opposes coercion by other countries, Wang added.

These are the meaning of words from Wang implied:
US practicing hegemonies is doomed to fail.
China will definately not seek hegemony when they grow stroger.
United States should respect the path and system independently chosen by other country as their rights to pursue a better life for their citizen.
China will not engages in coercion other countries to follow China way and oppose coecion by others to impose their values and system.

Posted by BeastOfTheEast > 2021-04-25 14:14 | Report Abuse

What is China doing in SCS, if not hegemonism, coercion & aggressionism?

crude, gross, blatant daylight robbery is not hegemonism, coercion & aggressionism?

Posted by Sslee > 2021-04-25 14:20 | Report Abuse

SCS involve overlapping claim between China and SEA countries and also between SEA countries themselve.

So did China invaded and occupied any SCS islands/atoll already occupied by Taiwan and SEA countries?

Posted by BeastOfTheEast > 2021-04-25 14:26 | Report Abuse

SCS is clearly & obviously a part of SEA region

It should be left to SEA countries only

UNCLOS should then be the guiding principle for arbitration between SEA claimant states

Posted by BeastOfTheEast > 2021-04-25 14:31 | Report Abuse

https://thediplomat.com/2016/07/international-court-issues-unanimous-award-in-philippines-v-china-case-on-south-china-sea/

Posted by BeastOfTheEast > 2021-04-25 14:32 | Report Abuse

The Tribunal’s award is highly favorable to the Philippines, ruling that China’s nine-dash line claim and accompanying claims to historic rights have no validity under international law; that no feature in the Spratly Islands, including Taiwan-occupied Itu Aba (or Taiping Island), is an island under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); and that the behavior of Chinese ships physically obstructing Philippine vessels is unlawful.

Posted by BeastOfTheEast > 2021-04-25 14:32 | Report Abuse

Perhaps the most significant finding–and the one most likely to disturb China–is the Tribunal’s award that China’s nine-dash line and claim to historic rights in the South China Sea are both invalid under international law.

Posted by BeastOfTheEast > 2021-04-25 14:33 | Report Abuse

the Tribunal concluded that, to the extent China had historic rights to resources in the waters of the South China Sea, such rights were extinguished to the extent they were incompatible with the exclusive economic zones provided for in the Convention.

Posted by BeastOfTheEast > 2021-04-25 14:33 | Report Abuse

Part of the Tribunal’s reasoning on historic rights considered historical evidence, concluding that while China may have made use of the islands in the South China Sea, there was no strong evidence that China “had historically exercised exclusive control over the waters or their resources.” This latter point is a particularly strong rebuttal to China’s position and its rhetoric on the South China Sea.

Posted by BeastOfTheEast > 2021-04-25 14:36 | Report Abuse

The Tribunal’s decision also rules that Chinese reclamation activities in the Spratly Islands, where the country has built seven artificial islands, are illegal under UNCLOS.

Posted by WhatSayYou > 2021-04-25 16:08 | Report Abuse

Why so concern about other countries, Malaysia's rampant corruptions penetrate everywhere leave no place untouched!

Even Ministry of Health dare not to take action on Malaysia Medical Council's unfair investigation. They sent the complains to MMC to ask them to admit their own false.

https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/WhatSayYou/2021-04-17-story-h1563369115-Tan_Sri_Dr_Noor_Hisham_Please_Curb_Inhumanity_in_Hospitals.jsp

Posted by Sslee > 2021-04-25 16:10 | Report Abuse

The award’s affirmation of Scarborough Shoal as a rock and Second Thomas Shoal as a low-tide elevation suggests a retrenchment of the status quo, where China can continue to occupy Scarborough and the Philippines can continue to treat BRP Sierra Madre, the grounded ship at Second Thomas Shoal, as an outpost.

Posted by FortuneBlooming > 2021-04-25 16:12 | Report Abuse

Scarborough Shoal is still within Philippine 200-nautical mile EEZ

Posted by FortuneBlooming > 2021-04-25 16:14 | Report Abuse

That is why it has an American/English sounding name

Posted by FortuneBlooming > 2021-04-25 17:37 | Report Abuse

Amnesty International condemns 'tragedy of Uighur family separation' in Xinjiang

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/19/amnesty-decries-tragedy-of-uighur-family-separation-in-xinjiang

Posted by Sslee > 2021-04-25 18:12 | Report Abuse

How about many thousands families forced separation at Mexico border by US immigration?

Posted by ThePowerOfGlove > 2021-04-25 18:18 | Report Abuse

Two completely different kettles of fish altogether, dude

Posted by ThePowerOfGlove > 2021-04-25 18:19 | Report Abuse

Mexicans crossing US border are not yet citizens of US

Posted by ThePowerOfGlove > 2021-04-25 18:20 | Report Abuse

Uighurs in Xinjiang are citizens of China

Posted by ThePowerOfGlove > 2021-04-25 18:24 | Report Abuse

You're like comparing apples & oranges

Posted by Sslee > 2021-04-25 18:29 | Report Abuse

Then how about forced family seperation of native by US, Canada and Australia in the past?


https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/24/politics/armenian-genocide-biden-erdogan-turkey/index.html

Biden officially recognizes the massacre of Armenians in World War I as a genocide

Should US, Canada and Australia also officially recognizes what they did to native as genocide?

Posted by ThePowerOfGlove > 2021-04-25 22:14 | Report Abuse

In that case China also genocided indigenous Australoid/Melanesoid, Austronesian, AustroAsiatic, Tai-Kradai, Yue etc. peoples in today's 'Guangdong' + other places in today's 'southern China' & 'southwestern China'

Posted by MoneyAndHoney > 2021-04-26 13:57 | Report Abuse

Philippines preparing warships & troops on large scale to challenge China in SCS with US backing

https://youtu.be/A0BPs0AWBZY

Posted by i3lurker > 2021-04-26 14:01 | Report Abuse

Phillipines dun have warships.

US gave them 3 High Endurance Cutters from US Coast Guard service,

USCG removed those anti-missile phalanx before handing over
so all 3 ships are just sitting ducks to all other navies including China and even Malaysia

Posted by BountyOfTheBourse > 2021-04-26 14:32 | Report Abuse

cutters can also be refurbished & upgraded

Posted by BountyOfTheBourse > 2021-04-26 14:34 | Report Abuse

like offshore patrol vessels (OPV) now upgraded into littoral combat ships (LCS)

Posted by stockraider > 2021-04-26 14:39 | Report Abuse

Usa send an equivalent of sampan to philipine for them to fight China high tech ship meh ?

Posted by MoneyAndHoney > 2021-04-26 15:23 | Report Abuse

Pakistan & China disagree over BRI

https://www.nst.com.my/amp/world/region/2021/01/658975/china-pakistan-disagree-over-belt-road-initiative

Posted by MoneyAndHoney > 2021-04-26 15:24 | Report Abuse

Biden suggests rival plan to China's BRI

https://www.nst.com.my/amp/world/world/2021/03/677530/biden-suggests-rival-plan-chinas-belt-and-road

Posted by MoneyAndHoney > 2021-04-27 06:31 | Report Abuse

China sportwear maker 361 Degrees doubles down on using Xinjiang cotton as China rift with the rest of the world widens

https://amp.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3131076/361-degrees-doubles-down-using-xinjiangs-cotton-chinas-rift

Posted by stockraider > 2021-04-27 10:40 | Report Abuse

Correct mah...Right thing to do loh!!.

If foreign boycott...then local buy lah!.

Next impose all cotton clothing & textile sold in china...must have local cotton content of at least 20% loh!

Posted by RiverOfSilver > 2021-04-27 12:20 | Report Abuse

LOL dude

You sure you got the meaning of 'double down' correct or not?

Posted by Sslee > 2021-04-27 12:31 | Report Abuse

double down
phrasal verb of double
US
1.strengthen one's commitment to a particular strategy or course of action, typically one that is potentially risky.
"he decided to double down and escalate the war"

2.(in blackjack) double a bet after seeing one's initial cards, with the requirement that one additional card be drawn.
"the amount only increases when you choose to split or double down"