China warned Japan on Friday to stay out of a growing dispute with its neighbors over the South China Sea, as the Philippines implicitly accused Beijing of delaying talks aimed at a solution.
Line-jumping Japanese! Can't they see that China is busy bullying Vietnam and the Philippines? China only has two hands, you know.
Japan should just wait their turn! China will get back to the East China Sea in short order, I'm sure.
I guess Japan will have to accept some limited attention for the time being:
Chinese SU-27 fighters came as close as 50 meters (170 feet) to a Japanese OP-3C surveillance plane near disputed islets on Saturday and within 30 meters of YS-11EB electronic intelligence aircraft, the ministry said.
China really insists that everybody just line up and take their beatings when their number is called by Peking.
UPDATE: Taiwan has a lower number:
Taiwan is building a $100 million (59.4 million pounds)port next to an airstrip on the lone island it occupies in the disputed South China Sea, a move that is drawing hardly any flak from the most assertive player in the bitterly contested waters - China.
The reason, say military strategists, is that Itu Aba could one day be in China's hands should it ever take over Taiwan, which it regards as a renegade province.
Yes. Conquering Taiwan makes the base issue irrelevant. One day, Taiwan's number will be called. I'm off on the timing but not the form.
