The Coming War on China Page #18

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the cities in China where these

Mace missiles were aimed at.

Which ones do we have here?

- This Okinawa Island.

So within 2000 kilometers

you find Peking, or Beijing,

Xi'an, Jiuzhaigou, Hong Kong, Shanghai,

Taiwan and Taipei, and

Pyongyang, North Korea.

Within the range of missile.

(aircraft rumbles)

(somber music)

- [John Narrating] This is the work of

the Okinawan sculptor, Kinjo Minoru.

It's a tribute to the

suffering and resistance

of the people of this island.

More than 1000 miles away on

the Korean island of Jeju,

these symbols of struggle

are hauntingly similar.

The work of Korean sculptor Koh Gil-chun,

represents another fight of

island people for freedom.

(gentle music)

A semi-tropical sanctuary

of unusual beauty,

Jeju Island is a world heritage site.

The government of South Korea declared it

an island of world peace.

But on this island of peace has been built

one of the most provocative

military bases in the world,

less than 400 miles from Shanghai.

Like Okinawa and the Marshall Islands,

this is America's

frontline in it's so-called

"Pivot to Asia."

Here in once unspoiled Gangjeong Village,

the South Korean Navy has built a base

for American aircraft carriers,

nuclear submarines, and destroyers

equipped with the Aegis ballistic missile

aimed at China's defenses.

China's lifelines to the world

in oil, trade, resources,

depend on shipping that comes through

chokepoints like this.

- The US pivot into the Asian-Pacific

is really intended to create the ability

to put a loaded gun to the head of China

and say, you will do as we say

otherwise we will be able to restrict.

We'll be able to shut down, choke off

your importation of oil

and other resources.

(chanting)

- [John Narrating] For

nine years, every day,

often twice a day, these Catholic priests

have staged a mass that blocked the gates

of the new military base on Jeju Island.

(singing)

In a country where

political demonstrations

can be easily banned,

unlike powerful religions,

the tactic has produced this

spectacle of resistance.

(man speaking on loudspeaker)

(speaks foreign language)

Father Mun Jeong-hyeon has led the fight

to stop the base being built

and several times

suffered serious injuries.

(singing)

- I sing four songs everyday.

Before the Mass, during the

Mass, at the end of the Mass

and the end of the rosary.

The content of song is very beautiful.

The writer and composer is the musician

from this island.

I love him very much and

he gave me their song

which I practiced and I became a master

to sing that song because I

practice everyday. (laughs)

- [John] You sing it with such passion.

(singing)

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