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2017-04-06 China-Japan-Koreas

Military nightmare scenario brewing in the East China Sea

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-04-06 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 If I understand correctly the value of the South China sea is the oil that lies beneath it (that China, Vietnam, and the Philippines all lay claim to). What I don't understand is how anyone could drill that oil at this point and make a profit.

The oil economy is faltering because of fracking prices and if it comes to conflict between China and anybody any oilfields in the South China Seas are going to be big juicy targets.

We should get them into a meeting and arrange to give Vietnam and Philippines a cut to make everyone happy and then let themselves handicap themselves. I must be missing something but it seems a no brainer.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-04-06 11:43|| 2017-04-06 11:43|| Front Page Top

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