Well China is back in the news again, shockingly enough about their territorial dispute in the south China sea. A senior defense official stated the other day that Beijing "had no fear of trouble" in the region and again stated their stance related to sovereignty in the region. It was interesting as well since this big speech by the Chinese came during the annual Asia-Pacific conference on security, a conference in which the United States was very present in throughout. Our dominance and hegemonic powers make all of the nations surrounding China scurry up next to us, as seen in the awkward handshake issued by Ash Carter that went seemingly unnoticed. This whole issue is such a joke because China thinks just because the large body of water to the extreme south of their country has their name in it, it is theirs. China has been challenged by the Philippines over all of these territorial disputes and it has been brought to The Hague, but China pretty much gave them the bird and showed them where to put it. The next few months and years are going to be very sticky in the South Asian region and it will be interesting to watch.
-Chris Kucinsky
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/05/asia/china-admiral-south-china-sea/index.html
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