"BEIJING — China’s Marine Corps held major naval exercises on Tuesday in the South China Sea, state-run media reported on Wednesday, massing 1,800 troops and more than 100 ships, submarines and aircraft for a live-fire display of the nation’s growing military power." This goes to show that Chona is attempting to flex its military muscles worldwide. It was said to have been viewed by over 200 members of the military representing over 40 different nations whorldwide. This is thought to be a reaction to the United States wanting to put navel ships in the Yellow Sea 400 miles away from Bejiing. “It’s better not to take this as a kind of opposition between different parties,” a former submarine officer who is now a leading military analyst on state television, Song Xiaojun said. “It’s not like we’re talking about World War I or World War II, when countries were busy building vessels and competing. Those days are gone,” hopefully this is completely true.
By: Chase Pavlick
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/world/europe/04china.html?ref=world
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