Hainan Island

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Police responsible for China’s Hainan Island put the world on notice yesterday: They will intercept, board, search and, in some cases at least, seize what they call “illegal vessels” in the South China Sea claimed by Beijing. China expert Gordon Chang warns that this pronouncement is a serious threat to our national and economic security -- not least because of that sea’s strategic importance to the transit of world trade and energy supplies. Dr. Chang believes that this pronouncement is eerily “reminiscent of the remilitarization of the Rhineland by Nazi Germany” in the run-up to World War II. Back then, the West failed to understand – let alone, to respond properly to that provocative act. Thus was the stage set for the worst bloodletting in history. We must not make that mistake again. This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.