China's contradictory foreign policy: http://thediplomat.com/2013/12/chinas-contradictory-foreign-pol
Japan's turn to the nationalistic military expansion: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25414430
Bad for a fragile trust and peace, but good for arms dealers.
Quote: "But Japanese liberals are extremely suspicious of the old Japanese
right.
They believe deep down that people like Mr Abe really want to take Japan
back to the pre-war era, when the emperor was a god and obedience to the
Chrysanthemum Throne came above all else."
Guess what? The victims of past Japanese aggression agree with this
assessment. Mr Abe would use any pretext to rearm Japan and then
pick a fight with China and drag US into a destructive war. http://thediplomat.com/2013/12/a-three-pronged-approach-to-the-
This is fairly level headed suggestions.
Current news about Kerry's South China Sea comments: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/16/21924424-kerry-gi
Containment of China is a nonstarter and bad for world peace. Embracing
China is the only way
for world peace. The US has hold his nose and slept with more rabid
America-haters than I could
shake a stick at. China isn't even the top 10, maybe even 50 in terms of
America-hating.
