Chinese view of Jeju naval base: “South Korea turns tourist resort into weapon”

Chinese scholar Lü Chao, with the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences wrote an op ed article critical of a naval base in Jeju island:

The South Korean Defence Ministry recently decided to build a naval base on the island. US troops in South Korea will certainly use the naval base as a strategic outpost to contain China and ensure the regional ocean hegemony of the US.

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South Korea is destroying the tourist resources on Jeju Island and changing the natural and human environment of the island, just in order to build a military base and turn the original “peaceful window” into a weapon aimed at its neighbor. I suggest that Chinese tourists boycott the tours to the island and let the “military island” disappear on the map of China’s huge tourism market.

It would be interesting to hear what Chinese tourists, whom the state of Hawai’i tourism authority is so desperately courting, think about the “military islands” of Hawai’i as a weapon aimed at China.

The article urges strong action by the Chinese government and people to oppose the Jeju base:

In order to maintain the long-term peace of the region, China should take actions, including economic sanctions, to react to provocative moves like this without hesitation.

Will China will also oppose the military expansion underway in Okinawa, Guam and Hawai’i?  “In order to maintain the long-term peace of the region,” we hope China says something.