As usual, the press showed no interest in the topic at hand or the policies being developed. The press is rude and have no interest in the ASEAN countries and any pending tensions. The media in the USA will become interested, however, when tensions lead to greater problems with brinkmanship to war, then the media will have greater interest to play a part in their rating race.
So, when tensions explode in the Pacific and Americans are astounded by those tensions existing at all will be more than willing to 'go to guns' because they feel threatened. The only press coverage of ASEAN related to the next Supreme Court judge with absolutely no mention of the late Justice Scalia, except by President Obama. The press focused on THEIR ratings priorities in demanding more information about a Supreme Court nomination not yet made.
It is embarrassing after a SUMMIT to watch a press conference where there is no interest by the press of the Summit and it's members.
This is one of the moves by China that has been troubling for some months now. Will it be solved by the ASEAN Summit? Who knows, the media could not care unless there are military exchanges and death.
November 8, 2015
By Wendell Minnick Taiwan — China’s deployment o(click here) f the more advanced J-11BH/BHS fighter aircraft to Woody Island, revealed in photographs released via online Chinese-language media websites in late October, underscores how seriously the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is taking its claims to the South China Sea.
The placement of advanced fighter aircraft on Woody Island, located in the Parcel archipelago, extends China’s fighter aircraft reach an additional 360 kilometers into the South China Sea from the PLAN air base located on Hainan Island.
The new location could prove troublesome for US surveillance aircraft, such as the EP-3 Aries and the P-8 Poseidon, that fly through the area on a regular basis. In 2001, a collision between a Chinese fighter and EP-3 resulted in the death of a Chinese fighter pilot and the forced landing of the EP-3 on Hainan Island. In 2014, a Chinese fighter harassed a P-8 in the vicinity of Woody Island, which followed with a strong verbal protest by the Pentagon....
So, when tensions explode in the Pacific and Americans are astounded by those tensions existing at all will be more than willing to 'go to guns' because they feel threatened. The only press coverage of ASEAN related to the next Supreme Court judge with absolutely no mention of the late Justice Scalia, except by President Obama. The press focused on THEIR ratings priorities in demanding more information about a Supreme Court nomination not yet made.
It is embarrassing after a SUMMIT to watch a press conference where there is no interest by the press of the Summit and it's members.
This is one of the moves by China that has been troubling for some months now. Will it be solved by the ASEAN Summit? Who knows, the media could not care unless there are military exchanges and death.
November 8, 2015
By Wendell Minnick Taiwan — China’s deployment o(click here) f the more advanced J-11BH/BHS fighter aircraft to Woody Island, revealed in photographs released via online Chinese-language media websites in late October, underscores how seriously the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is taking its claims to the South China Sea.
The placement of advanced fighter aircraft on Woody Island, located in the Parcel archipelago, extends China’s fighter aircraft reach an additional 360 kilometers into the South China Sea from the PLAN air base located on Hainan Island.
The new location could prove troublesome for US surveillance aircraft, such as the EP-3 Aries and the P-8 Poseidon, that fly through the area on a regular basis. In 2001, a collision between a Chinese fighter and EP-3 resulted in the death of a Chinese fighter pilot and the forced landing of the EP-3 on Hainan Island. In 2014, a Chinese fighter harassed a P-8 in the vicinity of Woody Island, which followed with a strong verbal protest by the Pentagon....
