Mr. Pant Waves the Bloody Shirt

*Nice to have all these nervous Indian complaints about Chinese militant pre-eminence gathered all in one convenient spot.

*Probably the coolest thing about Chinese militancy is that it gives guys like the Philippines a great opportunity to chum up with people like Vietnam. "Say, you Filipinos are great! Tell you what: why don't we rename the 'South China Sea' the 'Southeast Asian Sea'? Wouldn't that be aces?"

*It's hard to take Chinese military expansion seriously until they invade somebody for oil. But the Spratley Islands have oil, supposedly. Hmmm.

*That home-made Indian nuclear attack submarine must be a heck of a thing. Imagine it docking in the Japanese earthquake zone.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/china-and-india-a-rivalry-takes-shape-analysis-15062011/

*As a chaser, here's a list of standard Chinese rebuttals all about how they're a big friendly panda bear peacefully rising.

http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/13/the_sounds_of_chinese_boilerplate