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| U.S. Said To Be Lacking China Strategy |
| 2005-11-10 |
| The United States is not prepared to respond quickly if there is (sic) conflict between China and Taiwan and lacks a broad strategy for dealing with Chinaâs rise, a congressionally mandated commission said on Nov. 9. The commission reaffirmed its skeptical view of Beijing, concluding that over the past year âthe trends in the U.S.-China relationship have negative implications for our long-term national economic and security interests.â In its annual report, it urged Congress to impose an âimmediate across-the-board tariffâ on Chinese imports to force Beijing to strengthen significantly the value of its currency. For Congress it's always about money. China must have cut back on campaign contributions after their Gore contributions came to light. The U.S.-China Commission was established by Congress in 2000 to examine the national security consequences of Americaâs economic ties with China. Its views are controversial and generally more hard-line than the official U.S. position, which recently has focused on how Beijing can work with Washington as a responsible member of the international system. The report, based on 14 hearings involving 150 witnesses and other research, said the combination of a U.S. policy of âstrategic ambiguityâ and Taiwanâs hesitation in responding to Chinaâs aggressive military buildup âsends a signal of ambivalence and weaknessâ to Beijing. âThe U.S. government has not laid adequate groundwork to allow a rapid response to a provocation in the Taiwan Strait,â it said. âAlmost any possible scenario involving U.S. military support to Taiwan would require extensive political and military coordination with the Taiwan government and regional allies but the foundations for such coordination have not been laid.â The commission said its âgreatest concern is that the United States has not developed a fundamental assessment of how American national interests are affected by our relationship with China.â By contrast, âChinaâs leadership has a coordinated national strategy for dealing with the United States (and) is willing to achieve its goals through means that threaten many U.S. interests,â it said That's why their generals threaten to nuke our cities? âThe United States must be prepared to respond more aggressively to Chinaâs behavior and actions when they run counter to our interests,â the commission stressed. Yeah, let's have Pace threated to nuke their cities. The panel expressed particular concern that Washingtonâs failure to correct a worsening trade imbalance âconveys to the Chinese that the United States is either unable or unwilling to use its economic power to encourage proper adjustments.â Oh, ok we'll deficit them instead of nuking them. But it argued that China is heavily dependent on selling its products in the American marketplace and this provides the United States with âenormous leverage to demand that China adopt greater reforms and abandon its mercantilist practices.â Oh, the ultimate weapon. Make the people who shaop at Wal-mart pay higher prices. The commission described Chinaâs proliferation record as poor. U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies accused of selling technology to problem states have been ineffective because the penalties affect subsidiaries, not parent companies, it said. NO, they sell this stuff bvecause they are our enemy. What do you want to do? Start a war with them? Why not France, too? |
| Posted by:Hupeasing Throluter2716 |
| #1 The trade imbalance thing reminds me of the German/France solution. Hug your enemy so tight economically that they don't dare go to war against you for frear of hurting themselves. But of course China is the least rational of the Great Nations so the strategy may not work. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-11-10 12:23 |