• federal reverseM
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      113 days ago

      Not sure what Manchuria has to do with it … the Chinese are looking for a sea route to deliver goods to Europe.

      • @grue@lemmy.world
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        213 days ago

        So they would go north to avoid US control, passing through [checks notes] the US/Japan-controlled East China Sea and the US-controlled Bering Strait?

          • @grue@lemmy.world
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            113 days ago

            If it’s just to avoid navigation hazards and save time, what was your point in mentioning that the South China Sea is “US-controlled?”

            • federal reverseM
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              113 days ago

              Because the South China Sea is a US-controlled tight spot and such spots are obviously easier to control than the proposed Bering Sea passage.

              • @grue@lemmy.world
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                113 days ago

                I don’t understand. Are you saying that the US has a hard time controlling the waters just off the coast of Alaska? I mean, I get that we don’t necessarily “need” to patrol them heavily right now because of the ice, but I don’t think that means it would be hard to do so if it became a priority.