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| China's hawks demand cold war on the US |
| 2010-02-09 |
| MORE than half of Chinese people questioned in a poll believe China and America are heading for a new “cold war'. An independent survey of Chinese-language media for The Sunday Times has found army and navy officers predicting a military showdown and political leaders calling for China to sell more arms to America's foes. The trigger for their fury was Obama's decision to sell $6.4 billion (£4 billion) worth of weapons to Taiwan, the thriving democratic island that has ruled itself since 1949. “We should retaliate with an eye for an eye and sell arms to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela,' declared Liu Menxiong, a member of the Chinese people's political consultative conference. He added: “We have nothing to be afraid of. The North Koreans have stood up to America and has anything happened to them? No. Iran stands up to America and does disaster befall it? No.' “This time China must punish the US,' said Major-General Yang Yi, a naval officer. “We must make them hurt.' A major-general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Luo Yuan, told a television audience that more missiles would be deployed against Taiwan. And a PLA strategist, Colonel Meng Xianging, said China would “qualitatively upgrade' its military over the next 10 years to force a showdown “when we're strong enough for a hand-to-hand fight with the US'. Chinese indignation was compounded when the White House said Obama would meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, in the next few weeks. “When someone spits on you, you have to get back,' said Huang Xiangyang, a commentator in the China Daily newspaper, usually seen as a showcase for moderate opinion. But there are a few voices urging caution on Chinese public opinion. “China will look unreal if it behaves aggressively and competes for global leadership,' wrote Wang Yusheng, a retired diplomat, in the China Daily. He warned that China was not as rich or as powerful as America or Japan and therefore such a move could be “hazardous'. It is not clear whether anyone in Beijing is listening. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #10 China has always been big with the words, usually coming from Generals which provide deniability. Fact is it won't be long before the US will stop selling to Taiwan because of political pressures, economics and cowardice. At that point, if Taiwan doesn't have other allies they'll start looking for some kind of accomidation. Perhaps some kind of special area like Hong Kong, or a ten or twenty year transition plan to allow the Chinese to take victory now but delay the inevitable and avoid a conflict that might really smash up the region. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-02-09 23:08 |
| #9 Is that what its going to take to get DC to quit spending? |
| Posted by: Snomosing Tojo8475 2010-02-09 20:39 |
| #8 If China actually hurts the US economy, who will buy their crap? |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2010-02-09 20:21 |
| #7 WORLD NEWS > CHINA COMPLETES CONTRUX OF 13 LIGHTHOUSES IN EAST CHINA SEA. * SAME > LAND-BASED JAPAN JEALOUSLY EYES SPREAD-OUT US BASES + LOCALS WANTS BASES-FREE OKINAWA + JAPAN BALKS AT US$2.0BILYUHN BILL TO HOST US TROOPS + CHINA, JAPAN PROTEST US ARMS SALES, OCCUPATION OF THE PACIFIC. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-09 20:07 |
| #6 The problem with that thought Beldar is that the giant is no longer sleeping but is instead comatose, brain-dead, and demonstrative of signs of life only because no one has yet removed his life support. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2010-02-09 19:54 |
| #5 CHINA is repor threatening to sell its US T-bills in response to the US arms sale to TAIWAN. * WMF > CHINA WILL SOON COMPLETE EMPLACEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRITORIAL MARKERS IN THE EAST CHINA SEA CLEARLY DEFINING ITS MARITIME JURISDICTION, RIGHTS AND DEFENSIBLE SOVEREIGNTY. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-09 18:54 |
| #4 Wang gets it, Yang doesn't. It's why Dangerfield dealt with Wang. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-02-09 18:16 |
| #3 sell arms to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela Good luck getting paid. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-02-09 18:03 |
| #2 The Chinese would do well to recall the apocryphal quote attributed to Isoruku Yamamoto: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." |
| Posted by: Beldar Threreling9726 2010-02-09 17:33 |
| #1 "We have nothing to be afraid of. The North Koreans have stood up to America and has anything happened to them? No. Iran stands up to America and does disaster befall it? No." I think I see the problem here... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2010-02-09 17:17 |