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The Chinese want Tonga for its location to American Samoa I would think.
The US controls American Samoa's military affairs.
Pago Pago provides the US military with the deepest, most protected harbour in the entire Pacific, suitable for large surface vessels and submarines. Nuclear ships and submarines continue to use the harbour.
"The Chinese have shown repeatedly that this is a favorite tactic. Get behind their enemies’ lines of supply and interrupt their access to vitally needed goods.
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If they controlled Tonga they could conceivable cut the line of supply from Australia to U.S. Samoa.
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:DaFgzXUmJzoJ:www.planet.org.nz/pacific_action/national/a_b/am_s...
-Am
The US controls American Samoa's military affairs.
Pago Pago provides the US military with the deepest, most protected harbour in the entire Pacific, suitable for large surface vessels and submarines. Nuclear ships and submarines continue to use the harbour.
"The Chinese have shown repeatedly that this is a favorite tactic. Get behind their enemies’ lines of supply and interrupt their access to vitally needed goods.
#msg-2384357
If they controlled Tonga they could conceivable cut the line of supply from Australia to U.S. Samoa.
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:DaFgzXUmJzoJ:www.planet.org.nz/pacific_action/national/a_b/am_s...
-Am
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