SAN FRANCISCO—Yea, . . . it’s true. China stopped going to the US Treasury Bond Sales auction. As a result, the US changed their tune in a hurry in the South China Sea. Looks like there is a new sheriff in town and the US was thrown under the bus by China. As far as we know publicly, the Chinese did not even say a word.
The US and their junior partner Japan were involved in a dispute with China over a few uninhabited islands in the South China Sea. It has gone on more than a hundred years. Finally, China had had enough.
The Chinese action and its immediate effect are not lost on the Japanese leadership and the rest of the world.
So, now the US and Japan are aimlessly playing with their war toys in the South China Sea, impressing no one but the eternally weak minded that are always with us.
Let’s Bottom Line this world changing event. China said “Jump” and the US said, “How high?”
US Foreign Policy is no more; it is pointlessly absurd, ignored and cannot be enforced.
Sources and Notes
Japan
“Japan, U.S. abandon drill to ‘retake’ isle, Joint exercise called off due to fear of backlash from China,” Jiji, The Japan Times, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012.
United States
Japan, U.S. abandon drill to ‘retake’ isle | Citizens for Legitimate . . . , Oct 22, 2012, A US based news service.
China
Japan US joint drill begins, retaking island cancelled, Yu Runze, Sina English, SINA English, 2012–11–05. Sina is an online media company serving China and the global Chinese communities.
Europe
Territorial conflicts: news on Japan, Taiwan, China, US and the Senkaku/Diaoyu
Google
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I knew China would hit back somehow at US provocations. And they have in that quintessentially Chinese way of theirs, by beating the enemy off the battlefield rather than on it, before even a single shot has been fired.
Aye, exactly, John.
The whole episode is so right out of Gen Sun Tzu’s books an strategy and war it is uncanny.
Gen Tzu was a military tactician 2600 years ago for those of you who want to look up the reference. Just Google: Sun Tzu
Yes, he is still That Famous. His book most often quoted is “The Art of War.”
Bests,
Bob Nichols