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LYONS: China's imperialism on full display

 

To foster its imperialistic goals, China for the past two decades has funded an unprecedented military expansion program. With no known threat to its homeland, that should leave no doubt that the Chinese plan to use their modernized People's Liberation Army (PLA) to further their expansionist objectives by intimidation or outright aggression. Their illegal claim to essentially the entire South China Sea, which they have declared a "core interest," is a case in point. Their unauthorized building of facilities on the Philippines' Mischief Reef in 1995 and their forced confrontation with Japan over disputed islands in 2010 only serve to illustrate what China is prepared to do in the future..........More

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China's imperialism on full display

 

Commentary, Dec 13, Ghanadot - Their illegal claim to essentially the entire South China Sea, which they have declared a "core interest," is a case in point. ....

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Ivory Coast: Gbagbo 'expels UK and Canada envoys'

BBC, Jan 7, Ghanadot - Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo is expelling the British and Canadian ambassadors, a statement on state television has said. ..More

   

Sudan is a warning to all of Africa

 

FT, Jan 7, Ghanadot - Sudan has been an experiment that resonated across Africa: if we, the largest country on the continent, reaching from the Sahara to the Congo, bridging religions, cultures and a multitude of ethnicities, were able to construct a prosperous and peaceful state from our diverse citizenry, so too could the rest of Africa. ...More

 

 

Understanding the Present Political Crisis in Cote d’Ivoire


Commentary, Jan 10, Ghanadot - That Alassane Ouattara won the election in Cote d’Ivoire on November 28, 2010, is acknowledged even by his opponent, Laurent Gbagbo. The problem arose only because the constitutional council subsequently ruled against certain poll counts in Ouattara’s strongholds in the north of the country.
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