Guest wrote:
> Why the urgency in the Phillippines? Is this just a
> response to last years island grab by China or is somehting
> else brewing?
> Why is Putin openly siding with Vietnam against China? (Is it just
> a sham to keep selling attack submarines to Vietnam or has there
> been a rupture between China and Russia?) Isn't Russia an ally of
> India (or do they just sell India weapons and submarines, too.?)
> Pakistan is a Chinese client state. It seems to me that Putin is
> putting on a very public show, but why? What is really going
> there?
> Do you think war in Asia is around the corner? I live in Asia,
> should I consider leaving?
China and Russia are not allies in any meaningful sense.
They almost went to (thermonuclear) war in the 1960s.
People have often asked me where they should move to where it's safe.
I've suggested (perhaps jokingly) either Kansas or Siberia or the
Australian desert. But it's hard to say where you're safe during a
World War. In particular, China and Russia may go to war
over parts of Siberia. Mongolia is expecting to be the site
of a China-Russia war over resources.
You don't say where you are in Asia, but I suspect that the war will
be highly Asia-centric.