Wonder what a Trump presidency will do?
Kerry will soon be out of a job. Maybe he can go help. He was in Viet Nam, don’cha know. In fact, he could go a few days early and stop by Cambodia for a few Christmas memories.
“Even little Vietnam is working to defend against China’s attempted colonization of the South China Sea.
Wonder what a Trump presidency will do? “
China has a number of serious problems. They are, I think, taking a page from the Argentinian approach to keeping the populous occupied. They have picked a fight they think they can easily win.
I think the Chinese government feels more threatened now than at any time since the Korean war. Lots of people are doing better than at any time in the past. The problem is that much of that wealth is illusory, already undermined by mammoth government corruption. It is unsustainably propped up by building projects that nobody wants or needs or can afford and by make-work jobs. The situation has been made worse by a world-wide decline that may take fifty years to reverse. (The decline probably started in Japan in the eighties and they haven’t pulled out of it yet.)
I think all Trump has to do is make it known he will adhere to the agreements the US has kept until Obama’s time. The nuclear umbrella and a pretty solid wall formed by South Korea, India, Japan, Australia and others should keep China in check. The Chinese don’t want a Falkland Islands situation. Trump’s conversation with Taiwan indicates he is doing the right things to keep this on the back burner.
They could just pave over the sea instead. LOL
Ping!
And he should order that these maneuvers begin on 1/21/17.