Originally Posted by
Imagegear
Noting China's recent push into the South China Sea, sabre rattling noises regarding Taiwan, and the latest Australian "Gum under the Shoe" insults, I cannot help but
see remarkable parallels with Hitler's annexation of Austria and the masquerade at the Polish border crossing. Russia's annexation of the Crimea, and the ongoing activities in eastern Ukraine, etc.
I am fully expecting Chinese troops to start to infiltrate borders, or create diversions with various countries in the region.
Where do we think that a scenario is likely to be played out first?
IG
No reason for them to put troops anywhere. They've set out to pursue a zone of influence into the Pacific which both provides a buffer zone to PRC itself and also massively increases their proximity / influence to other Asian nations. They said they'd do it, drew maps about what they were going to do, built islands / atolls where they said they would and have essentially proceeded as per plan. Other than the odd FoNEx and some stiff words in the UNSC, no meaningful challenge to this presented.
A fair bet they've managed a fait accompli.