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Stories by: AldericAu
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The Second Battle of the Philippine Sea
THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA中国和美国的海上力量的崛起 - The Rise of China and American Sea PowerA DECISIVE NAVAL CLASH - In the tradition of all great naval battles both sides will try to inflict a strategic disaster on the other, while avoiding such a fate themselves. Will victory favor the aggressive leadership and battle plan of the Americans or the conservative battle plan of the Chinese? THE OBJECTIVEA reordering of the international hierarchy - the yielding of global hegemony - as an old empire attempts to replace the United States and reclaim its rightful position at the "center of the world."THE PLACEThe First Battle of the Philippine Sea was a decisive naval battle of World War II which eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy and decided the war. Will the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea be the decisive naval battle of World War III?THE TRAP'Engage the enemy with what they expect; it confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.'The Art of War, Sun Tzu, as paraphrased (inaccurately) by Commander Cheug, Vice Chairman CPC Central Military Commission
The Aztlan Protocol
The reassertion of demographic and cultural dominance in an interesting and unusual historical reversal of fortune begs some obvious questions of what the future might hold. Layered in intrigueRipped from tomorrow's headlinesTHE COMMANDERA reordering of the international hierarchy. A coup so sublime, it goes unnoticed, as history turns full circle. A master plan, of layered and subtle complexity. Will its true purpose be revealed? Will the princelings stop him? Will global hegemony yield an opportunity for greatness? Have leader and nation, the largest society on earth, overreached themselves in their struggle for supremacy?THE DIPLOMATSTwo clever, urbane, articulate foreign ministers serve their masters and their nation in a deadly game of Realpolitik on which rest the lives of billions as the world teeters on the edge of catastrophe. Are their nations' perspectives irreconcilable? Who will yield? Which nation will triumph? Who will benefit?THE TYCOONA nationalist billionaire with a dream, to right a wrong. His drive and ambition nurture a plan pursued with resolute determination. Is a single human life time enough? Has he made the right alliances? Will fortune favour him? Will old fashioned ethnic larceny once again drive conflict in the world?GEOPOLITICAL MASTERPIECE