Thread: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Old 05-02-2012, 21:16   #114
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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Originally Posted by chris9991 View Post
If I can put my crazy hat for one moment; what about China? I could see there being an interest in China into who controlled the islands if there is oil. China would like to increase its own oil supply to meet domestic demand and it may try to do a deal with Argentina in supplying military capability. This might seem far fetched but China have been buying a lot of influence in South America so that it could gain access to the raw materials. China might also be interested to test its military capability against a highly defended island and see what lessons it could learn in what it takes to do so.

I don't think China would want to rock the boat but it is capable on going it's own way - just look at the veto in the security council at the UN with regards to Syria
Steady, we hadn't even thought of that one...lol
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