Gunboat Diplomacy in the China Sea?

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Gunboat Diplomacy in the China Sea?

Author: Jim Sinclair


Jim Sinclair’s Commentary:

This is the first time that we have heard that the rendezvous point for this naval taskforce will be within "striking" distance of major centres in China.

Have you ever heard the phrase "gunboat diplomacy?" This is just that but in spades as these warships carry an entire array of nuclear muscle.
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I cannot overstate the inherent danger of putting so much firepower within striking distance of another major power. How would the US react to a rendezvous of a major Russian attack force off the coast of Long Island within striking distance of New York and Washington DC? How did the US feel about Russian missiles in Cuba which is much the same as having a US mobile attack force within strike range of major Chinese targets?
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Clearly this event is a chicken fight with China over a HYDROCARBON DISCOVERY in the East China Sea as no one in their right minds would go to war over Taiwan which has been at loggerheads with China for decades. A major war over natural gas and oil? Now that seems to be the flavor of our times.


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