[ventus45]

I wonder what the true intentions of the Chinese really are.

It is worth pondering the possibilities.

As I pointed out long ago, if the Chinese have been unhappy with the Malaysian "directed - controlled - demanded - commanded" search, and intend to conduct their own search, for legal reasons, they do have to wait for the official ICAO - Annex 13 search to officially end.

After that happens (now apparently "slipped to the right" - again - to the end of August 2016) - they are "legally" free to do whatever they like.

If so, it is unlikely that they would give the "Beaker Bugle Boys" the time of day.

I hope that they have their own theory, which leads them to a specific area, and which subsequently proves to be correct when they find the plane.

It will be interesting too see exactly "where" they search.

Then the rest of us can burn many more brain cells, trying to work out "why" they search "there".

Hopefully, they will search in my area, "inside the 6th arc".

Time will tell.

All the "ship tracker guys" - Mike Chillit - Richard Cole - and others, had better be ready to burn many more hours monitoring.

It will be interesting !