It’s the sea equivalent of a land rush in the Asian Pacific lately. First China announced it was establishing an “air defense zone” over the disputed Senkaku Islands. The move sparked anger from South Korea and Japan.
Now South Korea, after condemning China’s action, has done the exact same thing, setting up an air defense zone of its own in the East China Sea.
South Korea’s new zone not only seizes disputed airspace, as the Chinese version did, but also overlaps parts of both Chinese and Japanese air defense zones. The move has not been well received by either China or Japan.
The US State Department, which angrily condemned China for its move, has praised South Korea, noting that South Korea’s government “conferred with the United States in advance,” suggesting the biggest problem with China’s move was that they didn’t get permission from the US beforehand.
What did Washington say in his farewell address to Congress about getting involved in foreign wars? Will we ever learn?
The US State Department, which angrily condemned China for its move, has praised South Korea, noting that South Korea’s government “conferred with the United States in advance,” suggesting the biggest problem with China’s move was that they didn’t get permission from the US beforehand.
"She added that US officials "appreciate" Seoul's "efforts to pursue this action in a responsible, deliberate fashion by prior consultations with the United States and its neighbors, including Japan and China." " this is qouted from the AFP story
…please note, that they did not just consult with the United States, but also with their neighbors, before making this move. And the United States didn't praise them for making this ADIZ, they praised them for being open and communicating about it before hand vs. doing a China.. "oh by the way".
Nothing like misrepresenting the situation and story eh?
What difference does it make if they told the other countries involved with the claims to the islands in advance? If China tells Japan Okinawa is theirs and tell them in advance, does that make it all ok?
The US must be arrogant and stupid. What legal authority has the US got over China, to demand that China must first seek US' permission to have her own ADIZ. US, Japan and South Korea had their own ADIZ, decades ago and China had not one, until recently. And all of a sudden, the US and Japan, acting like raging bulls, demanded that China rescind her ADIZ.
Japan is in complicit with the US to change the status quo via San Francisco Treaty (SFT), signed in the 1950s. The SFT challenged the post-war international order of the Unconditional Surrender Terms of WW2, which Japan agreed to abide by, when the latter lost and surrendered in WW2. Clearly, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands belong to China, as evidenced by geography, law and history. The US and Japan had made themselves out to be thieves and liars with the SFT, as China was not even a signatory to the SFT, nor was she invited to the signing ceremony of the SFT. Even India declined the invitation to attend the signing ceremony of the SFT, as she deemed the SFT to be null and void.
The SFT is totally without legal effect, but merely a political tool, to try to restraint China's Navy within the first islands chain. China had never recognized the SFT nor will she ever. The lines between the warring parties of the coming, inevitable WW3, are clearly drawn, viz the US and allies vs. Russia and allies. US is advised to take a leaf from the Holy Bible to avoid WW3 at all cost, as is implicitly discovered that the US will not survive WW3, and will be destroyed and become insignificant after WW3.