And so should Amurkns if they were smart:
"Flooding in central China kills 41; 33 missing" June 11, 2011|Associated Press
More flooding across central China has killed 41 people, state media reported Friday, bringing the total killed in seasonal flooding this year to at least 95.
It's the record snow pack that the AmeriKan media refuses to discuss because it would fly in the face of the global warming fart mist.
Btw, COLD for JUNE here today!
Torrential rains from Thursday night until early Friday triggered floods and landslides that toppled homes and destroyed river embankments in Hubei province....
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Well, Americans also living that and it gets about the same amount of coverage.
War or the threat of war always gets more:
"Tensions grow in South China Sea; Vietnam to hold naval exercises" by June 11, 2011|By Michael Wines, New York Times
BEIJING — The Vietnamese government said yesterday that it would conduct live-fire naval exercises off its coast next week, a step that escalated a long-running dispute with China over South China Sea territory that both nations claim....
Well, if you can't get a war going with Korea.... (heavy sigh).
The diplomatic flare-up between China and Vietnam is the most serious confrontation this year in a territorial dispute that also involves the Philippines, Malaysia, and Taiwan. The five countries have competing claims to parts of the South China Sea bed, which may hold valuable oil and mineral deposits. Arguments over the territory have continued for years, and the nations signed a 2002 accord that committed them to show restraint in disputed waters.
The issue heated up again last year because of a UN treaty that required all nations that maintain claims to continental-shelf seabed to file those claims formally by the end of 2009....
I thought they were supposed to be helping.
China’s neighbors have grown increasingly uncomfortable as the People’s Liberation Army Navy has opened a submarine base on Hainan Island, on the edge of the sea, and as China’s growing navy has ranged across the area.
But everyone loves seeing the AmeriKan Navy and Marines coming their way.
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"China rebuffs call for details on missing monks" June 10, 2011|By Associated Press
BEIJING — A UN human rights panel on Wednesday asked for full information on the fate of more than 300 Tibetan monks whose whereabouts it said are unknown since they were allegedly arrested in April, though some have reportedly been released....
“Enforced disappearance is a terrible practice that must not be permitted to occur anywhere and no exceptional circumstances whatsoever may be invoked to justify an enforced disappearance,’’ the panel said....
Umm, secret AmeriKan prisons, Gitmo, Bagram??
I'm waiting for the report.
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I don't think China is worried about that wave.
