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| China and Israel vow to improve military cooperation |
| 2011-08-17 |
| From China Daily TEL AVIV - Chen Bingde, visiting chief of the General Staff of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), pledged Sunday to lift the friendly ties between the Chinese and Israeli militaries to a new level during a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. A deepening Sino-Israeli cooperation is contributing to regional peace and stability, Chen said, stressing the relationship between the two countries' armies is developing in recent years. Barak, who visited China two months ago, hopes that the two countries will work together to tackle all kinds of threats and challenges one of those challenges is the President of the US. Chen's visit is the first of its kind, according to Israel Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, who said the visit was significant in promoting the relations between the two militaries. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #7 If you remember, Bush was very adamant about protecting our technology that we sold to Israel. I assume this is the backlash for having an eight year old lead our nation and foreign policy now. Israel must survive and when the king of Edom has forsaken them, they will look at the dragon that will eat it's own tail. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-08-17 22:13 |
| #6 Israel might need a veto against legally binding UN sanctions in the not too distant future. China can offer that but India can't. |
| Posted by: Chunter Anguter6284 2011-08-17 17:57 |
| #5 Don't make the Paki mistake - China is not your friend. Be polite (they are kinda huge) but don't accept anything you can't give back. You'd be better off with India. |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-08-17 16:52 |
| #4 Can you blame 'em? I'd hedge my bets against the USA too. Not exactly a "staunch" ally of anyone these days. See Taiwan, re: F-16s. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2011-08-17 13:52 |
| #3 China is wizard at manufacturing. Israel is wizard at R&D. |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-08-17 12:45 |
| #2 This is a futile endeavor. The Israelis have a friend in India, but China will be a waste of time unless they use their power internationally to take UN pressure off Israel, and do so even before there is any other agreement. This would make sense, as it is no skin off the nose of the Chinese. However, they never give freebies. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-08-17 09:03 |
| #1 How's that Smart Diplomacy(tm) working for you? The Chinese have had a hellva time trying to perfect manufacture of (copied) western jet engines. The Israelis have the tech. Just keep stabbing them in the back DoS and WH, they'll seek what ever it takes to protect their own interests. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-08-17 08:18 |