southeast Asia realities
Fifty years ago tho western world was waging a great conflict to stop the spread of communist socialism in Asia. Seventy five years ago The US Navy and Japan conducted an island hopping adventure in the South Pacific.
Now the Chinese have taken the game strategy to the next level. Islands and parcels of land are being dredged on a hopscotch fashion in areas that heretofore have been mapped as ocean. This differs from the Netherlands which is reclaiming land from areas called polders which are already part of the Netherlands.
The ramifications of this action will and are spreading.across the traditional global scene.Now
- flight patterns will change
- sea lane navigation patterns are changing
- A study of the map shows that despite all the push about China, It is the Philippines that claim the majority of the reclaimed areas. The Philippines are the one country in the region which has the most friendly ties with the United States
- Taiwan (the other China), as you can see has allied a location in the Philippines and is not going to be left out in the cold...
- Legal definitions regarding sea ownership rights are changing. Once this genie is out of the bottle there's no putting it back!
- These efforts began in earnest about 5 years ago and are rolling on at full steam!
It takes the political geographers and map makers about another 5 years (Ten years since inception) to redraw the global map. When this happens, demographics of a new generation of residents will be recognized. Some residents of these areas may well be members of Wealthy Affiliate.his will take the concept of acquiring new trading partners to an unprecedented level.. Many of these territories will own their resources claimed directly from the sea bed,
As you can see multinational interests are staking a claim on this critical area. The flow is inevitable. Are we with it already?!
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Did you just come across this information or are you in that industry? As someone said, look what can happen when you are not paying attention.
Very interesting, this has the potential to grow and grow, I guess because the Asian community struggle for space due to over population in key areas, it is inevitable they will look at ways to grow from, sea, air space and land build in an otherwise neglected area. Fascinating ... thank you for sharing.. 👍
No one knows what will happen.
I hope all will turn up well for everyone involved.
Blessings.
We are living in some very interesting times we are growing closer together on many different levels and fronts.
How quickly things can change.
Another interesting post Mike.
Thanks for that info. I too better be catching up on this ...
Sounds like things continue to happen when no one is 'paying attention' ...
Vivian
*** very interesting post, Prof. Mikey ... geography was my early favourite of study last century! ... lol ... actually, seriously, it's truly quite something the changes within this relative short span of time .... and future? ... uhm ... we'll need to re-visit a thing called 'values' ... what do we truly value? ....
appreciate your writings, all the best, cheerio ... :) ***
*** wouldn't it be wonderful to attend a live seminar and discussion on this topic? ... lots of lively yakking ... :) ***
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Interesting Mike, China seems to be in Australia's news cycle every day. Not all of it flattering. Hardly anything flattering to be honest.
Regards,
Michael.