Well now.....looks like BO and his Team will have to do another Re-set with their Asian Policy. Seems the Chinese aren't listening and even after BO sends Kerry. The Chinese have come out and stated. They reject the US proposal, regardless of Kerry coming or not. What say ye? China plans to build lighthouses on five islands in the South China Sea, state media reported on Thursday, in defiance of calls from the United States and the Philippines for a freeze on such activity to ease tension over rival claims. At least two of the islands upon which China said it will put up lighthouses appear to be in waters also claimed by Vietnam. Southeast Asian foreign ministers are holding a conference in Myanmar this weekend which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will join. Kerry will press for a voluntary freeze on actions in the sea aggravating disputes, a U.S. official said this week, but China has already rejected the proposal. A senior Chinese official said on Monday China could build whatever it wanted to on its islands.....snip~ http://news.yahoo.com/china-build-lighthouses-five-isles-defiance-u-call-093927421.html
Some more on this. Seems the Chinese will be able to network with these SATs on fishing boats. Not to mention Japan sold 6 used ships to Vietnam. Whom have been going after the Chinese fishermen for fishing in NAM's waters. Satellites and seafood: China keeps fishing fleet connected in disputed waters..... On China's southern Hainan island, a fishing boat captain shows a Reuters reporter around his aging vessel. He has one high-tech piece of kit, however: a satellite navigation system that gives him a direct link to the Chinese coastguard should he run into bad weather or a Philippine or Vietnamese patrol ship when he's fishing in the disputed South China Sea. By the end of last year, China's homegrown Beidou satellite system had been installed on more than 50,000 Chinese fishing boats, according to official media. On Hainan, China's gateway to the South China Sea, boat captains have paid no more than 10 percent of the cost. The government has paid the rest. Hainan authorities encourage fishermen to sail to disputed areas, the captain and several other fishermen told Reuters during interviews in the sleepy port of Tanmen. Government fuel subsidies make the trips possible, they added. That has put Chinese fishing boats - from privately owned craft to commercial trawlers belonging to publicly listed companies - on the frontlines of one of Asia's flashpoints.....snip~
