Ben D. Kritz
The People’s Republic of China has apparently decided that 2014 will be the year they push the Asia-Pacific region to or perhaps even past the brink of war for the sake of their obnoxious and irrational claim to the entire body of water now properly referred to as the West Philippine Sea. We say “properly referred to,” because China has earned the affront which repudiating that sea’s traditional name must surely be to that nation’s sensitive self-image, which in turn would not have to be so sensitive if China actually behaved as a respectable and productive member of the global community.