[Uncle Peter]

Originally Posted by richard s

Another worrying thing for the future is the Chinese and Americans having a possible conflict in the South China seas.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...-installations.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013.../phil-j29.html

May be old news!

China won't bully the big boys though. Look at the Paracel Island conflict in the 70's: Were the Americans not otherwise bogged down and pre-occupied fighting the VC I very much doubt that little episode would have happened.