"China is making moves in Antarctica" Topic
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| Tango01 | 05 May 2015 11:22 p.m. PST |
"China is making big moves in Antarctica as it attempts to position itself for maximum influence on the world's last unclaimed piece of land, Jane Perlez reports for The New York Times. Although Beijing did not establish its first Antarctic research base until 1985, Chinese efforts to expand its influence across the continent have intensified and are now outpacing other nations' plans. "China's operations on the continent — it opened its fourth research station last year, chose a site for a fifth, and is investing in a second icebreaker and new ice-capable planes and helicopters — are already the fastest-growing of the 52 signatories to the Antarctic Treaty…"
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| Mako11 | 06 May 2015 2:35 p.m. PST |
Makes sense, since it is contiguous with the "South China Sea". ;-) Just waiting for the deniers to point out my error. Then, they'll try to convince me that spaghetti isn't really Italian, but is Chinese too. Boy, those propagandists got an early start, centuries ago, didn't they? |
| Tango01 | 06 May 2015 3:24 p.m. PST |
Antarctica… one day… (smile) Amicalement
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| skippy0001 | 06 May 2015 4:25 p.m. PST |
Well with the Argentinians, US, Norwegians, Russians, Predators, Aliens and the Fourth Reich, they're going to need a few good Mongolians. |
| darthfozzywig | 06 May 2015 10:38 p.m. PST |
Seriously, guys, they're welcome to it.
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