The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere - 2.0

The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was a propaganda device used by Imperial fascist Japan at the beginning of World War II.  Japan claimed that it was promoting Asian unity and prosperity, but the propaganda was really cover for Japan's racist, fascist agenda of subordinating Asia, its peoples and resources to the Japanese.

"Noting the military usefulness of the islets China is constructing in the disputed Spratly Islands [of the South China Sea], Adm. Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army’s general staff, said they would mainly enable China to provide “international public services,” including maritime search and rescue, disaster relief, and scientific research." 
-- Adm. Sun Jianguo, Deputy Chief of Staff People's Liberation Army, Red China
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-military-official-defends-island-building-in-south-china-sea-1433045698

Red China's aggressive island building within the internationally recognized exclusive economic zones of Vietnam, the Philippines and other Asia countries is reminiscent of the Imperial fascist Japan's aggression during World War II.  Especially when fascist Red China's aggression is portrayed as a benevolent form of Asian brotherly love.

What is particularly galling about this is for Red China to treat the U.S. as an unwelcome interloper when the U.S. objects to Red Chinese aggression.   The U.S. is China's biggest trading partner, and commerce with the U.S. has fueled Red China's era of immense economic progress.  Moreover, while the U.S. has legitimate economic and trading interests in the Western Pacific, since the days when Europeans fought wars to force opium on China, the U.S. has been a guarantor of East Asian freedom. 

The U.S. entered World War II as a result of protecting China from Japanese aggression.   The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was direct result of America providing military aid to China and enforcing severe economic sanctions on Japan.  America fought a long and bloody war to drive Japan out of China and Southeast Asia, costly in lives and resources.   After its defeat of Japan, the U.S. voluntarily withdrew from all of the lands and seas it had conquered and ordered the defeated Japanese to do the same.  Japan, the Philippines and South Korea were all granted their independence along with many other island nations.

Red China showed its gratitude by waging war against America in Korea and Vietnam, when the U.S. had no other agenda than maintaining those countries as independent democracies.   The economic transformation of Red China hasn't changed much.   Instead of a Red China spreading its hegemony across Asia via Maoist revolution,  Red China has transformed itself into a corporate socialist state: fascism and The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere - 2.0.