Good Afternoon, Today Is May 30th, 2014 Time: 17:27 Hrs. PDT :The Operative Report: China , Japan, And Taiwan, Territorial Disputes The Simplicity Of Understanding What Shinzo Abe And Obama Are Up To Is By Reading Between The Lines. I Did A Simple Search And Found The Following In Wikipedia. If One Were To Employ Common Sense Within The Parameters Of This Equation, The Structure Begins To Break Down By Examining History And Those Who Were Most Influential In Changing The Course Of It. Im Going To Introduce An Element Of Simple Logic Through An Example Of My Own. Please Pardon My Occasional Sarcasm & Notably Biased Opinion, As They Are My Own To Relay In This Commentary. Let The Reader Make Their Own Opinions By Their Own Research, Just As I Have. Base Your Conclusions On History, Common Sense, And World Power Influences. Remember, Our Energy Needs Is Dependent Upon Oil, And Nuclear Energy. Note: (For The Record, I Do Not Support Nuclear Energy, Nor Advocate Its Use.) At This Stage Of The Game, All Key Strategic Locations Are In Play On The Grand Chess Board. Imagine If You Will, Seeing A Headline Such As This On Tv Or Your Newspaper: Oakland California Claims Treasure Island Sounds Ridiculous Doesnt It? Yet Are We Not Looking At Something Very Similar To This Ridiculousness With The Island Dispute Between China And Japan? Politics And War Have Changed Much On The Face Of This Planet, And It Is Noted By This Researcher, The United States Has Meddled In Many Countries For The Benefit Of Its Own Strategic Interests, Or Better Yet A Phrase You Commonly Hear, National Security Interests. At Present, Japan And The Obama Administration Are Making Deals On A Military Scale To Counter China Flexing Its Rights To Disputed Territories. This Will Only Escalate Further By Russian Influence Since The Recent Pact Between Russia And China Was Made. (I Commend Governments Who Work Together, Rather Than Grapple With Their Own Self Interests By Means Of Deceit And War. The United States Government Could Use Diplomacy Instead Of World Domination, As Their Tool To Better Unite This Planet For A Common Cause.) Lets Begin By Looking At Wikipedias Brief Notation Which I Have Extracted From Their Site. The Senkaku Islands (Japanese Name) Also Known As The Diaoyu Islands (Chinese Name) In Mainland China Or Diaoyutai Islands Or The Pinnacle Islands, Are A Group Of Uninhabited Islands Controlled By Japan In The East China Sea. They Are Located Roughly Due East Of Mainland China, Northeast Of Taiwan, West Of Okinawa Island, And North Of The Southwestern End Of The Ryukyu Islands. History: Following The 1968 Discovery Of Potential Undersea Oil Reserves In The Area And The 1971 Transfer Of Administrative Control Of The Islands From The United States To Japan, The Latters Sovereignty Over The Territory Is Disputed By Both The Peoples Republic Of China (PRC) And The Republic Of China (ROC, Commonly Known As Taiwan). The Chinese Claim The Discovery And Control Of The Islands From The 14th Century While Japan Controlled Them From 1895 Until Its Surrender At The End Of World War II. The United States Administered The Islands As Part Of The United States Civil Administration Of The Ryukyu Islands From 1945 Until 1972, When The Islands Reverted To Japanese Control Under The Okinawa Reversion Agreement Between The United States And Japan. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkaku_Islands Please Bear In Mind Another Aspect To The Puzzle. Thailand. (Note) Look Again At The Map In Relation To China And Japan. (Just When You Thought You Were Safe. More Nuclear Plants In A Dangerous Area.) (May 21st 2014 Headline): Taiwan’s Nuclear Future and Authoritarian Past The Intense Debate In Taiwan Over Nuclear Power Has Echoes Of A Less Democratic Past. On The Taiwanese Political Front Today, Only Reunification Is As Hotly Debated As Nuclear Energy. The Antinuclear Camp, Which Polls Suggest Finds Support From Up To 70 Percent Of The 23 Million Taiwanese, Advocates Full Denuclearization Of The Island. Simply Put, Their Biggest Beef With Nuclear Power In Taiwan Is That It Poses Too Great A Safety Risk. The Disaster At Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant In 2011 Represents The Type Of Nightmare Scenario That Antinuclear Activists Conjure Up When They Denounce The Energy Source. After All, Taiwan Is Highly Prone To Typhoons, Tsunamis And Earthquakes. Yet Despite The Risks, The Ruling KMT Party Remains Firmly Pro-Nuclear, And Has Proven Resilient In Weathering The Antinuclear Storm. President Ma Ying-jiu And His Administration Argue That Stripping The Already Resource-Scarce Country Of Nuclear Power, Which Provides 12 Percent Of Taiwan’s Energy Consumption, Would Have Disastrous Economic Consequences. The Country Already Imports Nearly All Of Its Energy. And In An Increasingly Unfriendly Region, Nuclear Power Represents One Appealing Source Of Homegrown Energy Security Unaffected By Maritime Disruptions. Cited Here: thediplomat/2014/05/taiwans-nuclear-future-and-authoritarian-past/ Todays Headline: (May 30th, 2014) Abe Throws Support Behind ASEAN In Maritime Security, Slams China Transcript: SINGAPORE (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Pledged Friday To Support Vietnam And The Philippines In Their Territorial Disputes With China, Saying The Use Of Force And Intimidation To Change The Status Quo Cannot Be Justified. In A Speech At The Asia Security Summit In Singapore, Abe Said The Rule Of Law Is What Makes The Asia-Pacific Region Stable, Adding Countries Should Adhere To International Law, Avoid Resorting To Force, And Resolve Conflicts Peacefully. The Speech, The First By A Japanese Prime Minister At The Forum Also Known As The Shangri-La Dialogue, Came Amid A Recent Spike In Regional Tensions As China And Vietnam Have Clashed Over Beijings Deployment Of An Oil Rig In Disputed Waters In The South China Sea. Abe Expressed Hope That A Code Of Conduct Will Be Put In Place In The South China Sea Soon, Adding Japan Is Studying The Possibility Of Providing Patrol Ships To Vietnam. Tokyo And Beijing Remain At Odds Over The Sovereignty Of The Senkaku Islands In The East China Sea, With Chinese Fighter Jets Recently Flying Very Close To Japanese Self-Defense Forces Aircraft In The Area. To Avoid Contingencies At Sea And In The Skies, Abe Urged China To Keep Its Promise Made In 2007 To Set Up A Communications Mechanism, And Pursue Dialogue. Abe Is Trying To Bolster Japans Defense Capabilities As Part Of His Broader Remodeling Of The Countrys Security Architecture To Better Address Chinas Growing Assertiveness And North Koreas Missile And Nuclear Development Programs. At The Same Time, He Is Strengthening Bilateral Ties Not Just With Japans Traditional Ally The United States, But Also With Southeast Asian Countries And Australia To Counterbalance The Rise Of China. The Shangri-La Dialogue Is Being Held As Domestic Debate Intensifies Over Whether Japan Should Exercise The Right To Collective Self-Defense, In What Would Be A Major Departure From Its Postwar Pacifist Policy. But Abe Emphasized Japan Will Continue To Be A Pacifist State That Makes A Greater Contribution To Global Peace. Japans Move To Lift The Ban On Defending Allies Under Armed Attack Has Unnerved Some Asian Neighbors Such As China And South Korea That Suffered From Japans Wartime Brutality. Experts Say How To Dispel Concerns That Tokyo May Be Reverting To Militarism Is An Important Task For Abe. The Experts Say Any Exchange Of Words Between Tokyo And Beijing Will Be Closely Watched, Especially After Chinese President Xi Jinping Called For The Creation Of A New Asian Security Structure Including Russia But Not The United States. Accompanying Abe, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera Is Expected To Call On China In A Speech On Saturday To Exercise Restraint And Ensure The Rule Of Law. Such A Message Was Confirmed When Onodera And U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Met With Their Australian Counterpart David Johnston. The Defense Chiefs Of Japan, The United States And South Korea Will Also Hold Talks On The Sidelines Of The Forum. On A Bilateral Basis, Onodera Will Meet With Johnston, Along With The Defense Chiefs Of Britain And Vietnam. The Shangri-La Dialogue Is A Forum For Defense And Military Chiefs From The Asia-Pacific Region And Europe To Discuss Security Challenges And Cooperation. U.S. President Barack Obama Said This Week That The United States Will Support ASEAN Countries In Their Efforts To Ensure Maritime Security, Even As Washington Has Maintained That It Does Not Take A Position On The Territorial Disputes. Amid Skepticism About The United States Rebalancing To Asia, Obama Tried To Assure Abe During Their Summit In April That The Senkaku Islands Are Covered By The Bilateral Security Treaty That Obliges The United States To Defend Japan. Source: mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140530p2g00m0dm042000c.html If You Made It This, I Commend Your Interest, And Thank You. The World Is Being Groomed By Higher Powers Beyond The Common Persons Interest. Soon I Expect, The Reality The The Greater Issue Will Present Itself In Ways One Cannot Imagine. Hang On, The Ride Gets Bumpy From Here On Out. Best Regards, )-( Join: Facebook Central Intelligence (Nuclear Division) https://facebook/groups/1477580809121303/ Facebook World News & Media (Interactive Consortium) https://facebook/groups/270313746480696/
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