Tuesday, June 23, 2020

What Is It That We Need China For?

Whatever could they be doing?:

The Defense Ministry said Saturday that a foreign submarine headed west underwater in a contiguous zone northeast of Amami Oshima Island, in Kagoshima Prefecture, on Thursday afternoon.

Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers and patrol aircraft monitored the submarine, which was traveling west outside a contiguous zone west of the prefecture's Yokoate Island on Saturday morning, according to the ministry.

The vessel passed through a narrow strip of waters between the prefecture's Tokara island chain and Amami Oshima without surfacing, according to the ministry.

It was believed to be a Chinese Navy submarine, but the Defense Ministry refused to formally disclose this or its type because that could provide clues about the MSDF’s detection abilities.

This is why Japan and other Asian nations need to have a new pan-Asian alliance and build up their armed forces.


Also - Trump should scrap any trade with China. It's time to starve the paper dragon. China was perfectly willing to let an entire globe shut down and citizens die of a virus it spread. Enough. Either China pays or the enfant terrible will rise again to do something worse:

U.S. President Donald Trump is tweeting that an initial trade agreement with China is still on after a top White House adviser’s comments seemed to suggest it was over, spooking markets late Monday.

Trump tweeted: “The China Trade Deal is fully intact. Hopefully they will continue to live up to the terms of the Agreement!”

Oh, they won't, Donald.


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