101 East - Asia's arms race - 5 March 09 - Part 2

With China, India, Japan and Russia investing heavily in defence, a new Asian arms race is under way. What are the implications of Asia's arms race?

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• Al Jazeera
• 101 East
• arms race
• asia
• troops
• China
• military budget
• defence
• Korea tensions

[Congo4life]

So this video is saying that U.S. should dominate the world and every other country should not spend any military budget and stay low. Anyone see what wrong with this picture?

[jimmyjamesWang]

not one ask you, you yankee redneck!

[mauriceh995]

@boogiepop14mc but without the indians, chinese and iranians who contributed to science hundreds of years ago, western science, technogy and political administration would not have been possible. Asians make up a large percent in silican valley

[Cloyde100]

@minghan05 Doubt the US will even last, 5 years let alone 10. The stupid government is spending money, printing money and borrowing money almost non stop. It is basically killing itself. Its digging a grave, the very grave it will be soon be resting in.

Don't get me wrong I like the US, (as with all countries), despise the government, but still like the country.

[asian714cali]

@Congo4life lol yes

[wdmun]

American forced the Asian countries to exercise with it that it makes the tension in Asia because America is afraid of China taking over its role. It makes a net of contain for China. Actuary America is source of the tension in Asia.

[vilhelmoberg1973]

American softpower = oxymoron

It's only soft before they take military viagra.

[JUKIO01]

asian nations were stronger than white european nations back in the days, they just werent military stronger, thats all, economics i mean. china was the most powerful nation 500 years ago, their making a comeback today

[boogiepop14mc]

@lordzilu1584 Look I admire East Asia as much as any white American can, but seriously without the widespread adoption of WESTERN science, technology and political administration East Asians would currently be starving to death and fighting over the Mandate of Heaven (Taiping Rebellion?). No race is superior, and all differences in cultural sophistication can ultimately be traced to historical, geographical and ecological variables.

[Shadowcry1000]

@lordzilu1584 and now your countries suck western dick.

[lordzilu1584]

@Shadowcry1000

Europeans were monkeys when compare to ancient Asian civilization

[TimeManInJail]

soft power = japan