A Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian (center) cruises next to Japanese coast guard ships in the East China Sea, near islands known as the Senkakus in Japan and the Diaoyus in China. VOA
4 Ways China Can Prepare For War In East Asia -- Yang Hengjun, The Diplomat
Northeast Asia has become a potential powder keg. What should China do to prepare itself for possible conflict?
Over the past decades, the fuse for the powder keg of war moved from the Balkans to the Middle East. Now it has shifted to China’s backyard without us even noticing. Five years ago, if someone had told me that Northeast Asia would become the world’s leading powder keg, even more dangerous than the Middle East, I wouldn’t have believed it. But now, such a statement seems more and more like the truth.
After the U.S. military conquered Iraq, the “Arab Spring” bloomed in the Middle East and North Africa. Although the internal turmoil suffered by countries in this region shows no signs of abating, in terms of geopolitics the Middle East crisis has been greatly alleviated. Nowadays, there is only one “troublemaker” left – Iran, which would find it hard to cause a crisis without support ( not to mention Iran is not up to fighting with the United States and Israel). Iran’s recent willingness to give up its nuclear weapons program foreshadows a shift in the winds.
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My Comment: Everyone I know in China and in Asia have an instinctive fear of Japan .... and the Japanese in turn have not changed much to dissuade this fear. This post by Yang Hengjun reflects these worries and fears.
Update: How to avoid war in the East China Sea -- Gulf News/Financial Tines
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