Chinese scholar L\u00fc Chao, with the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences wrote an op ed article critical of a naval base in Jeju island:<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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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\u201d into a weapon aimed at its neighbor. I suggest that Chinese tourists boycott the tours to the island and let the “military island\u201d disappear on the map of China\u2019s huge tourism market.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The article urges strong action by the Chinese government and people to oppose the Jeju base:<\/p>\n
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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Will China will also oppose the military expansion underway in Okinawa, Guam and Hawai’i?\u00a0 “In order to maintain the long-term peace of the region,” we hope China says something.<\/p>\n
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Chinese scholar L\u00fc 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 … <\/p>\n