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05 Sep 2005 12:35:02 AM |
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The Empire Strikes Back |
The Empire Strikes Back
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9190938/site/newsweek/
China is using regional alliances to diminish U.S. clout in Asia.
By Melinda Liu
Newsweek International
Sept. 12, 2005 issue - After George W. Bush greets visiting Chinese
President Hu Jintao on the White House South Lawn this week, they'll
sit down to discuss many things-trade cooperation and energy needs
among them. But one thing they probably won't talk about is the end of
the Sino-U.S. post-9/11 honeymoon. Four years ago, American and Chinese
officials joined hands in the war against terrorism, and Beijing stood
by stoically as American GIs and air bases proliferated in Central
Asia. But now, even as both sides profess that the bilateral
relationship is healthier than ever, Beijing is pushing back against
American influence in Asia, both political and military. "The U.S. used
the excuse of counterterrorism to get into Central Asia, and then it
tried to lead the entire region," says Gao Heng, a professor at the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing who is familiar with
official thinking. "But now it's high time for the Americans to leave."
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/6ab6ad13bd015520
Is the wakening giant a monster?
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A Blueprint for the Future
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/59c28cd6dfe6f60f
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| User: "PaPaPeng" |
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| Title: Re: The Empire Strikes Back |
05 Sep 2005 01:05:21 AM |
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On 4 Sep 2005 17:35:02 -0700, "maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote:
By Melinda Liu
Newsweek International
Sept. 12, 2005 issue - After George W. Bush greets visiting Chinese
President Hu Jintao on the White House South Lawn this week, they'll
sit down to discuss many things-trade cooperation and energy needs
among them.
Huh?? Today is only Sunday Sept 4, 2005.
Anyway
President Hu's US visit postponed due to Hurricane Katrina
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200509/04/eng20050904_206387.html
Chinese President Hu Jintao's scheduled visit to the United States was
postponed due to the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Chinese Foreign
Ministry said in Beijing Saturday night in a press release.
The release said Hu and US President George W. Bush had a phone
conversation on Saturday and they agreed to postpone the scheduled
visit due to the special condition faced with the US government
inhandling the serious natural disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina.
"The heads of state decided that they will have meeting during their
presence at the United Nations 60th anniversary summit in New York in
mid September," said the release.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: The Empire Strikes Back |
05 Sep 2005 01:33:46 AM |
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maff wrote:
The Empire Strikes Back
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9190938/site/newsweek/
China is using regional alliances to diminish U.S. clout in Asia.
By Melinda Liu
Newsweek International
Sept. 12, 2005 issue - After George W. Bush greets visiting Chinese
President Hu Jintao on the White House South Lawn this week, they'll
sit down to discuss many things-trade cooperation and energy needs
among them. But one thing they probably won't talk about is the end of
the Sino-U.S. post-9/11 honeymoon. Four years ago, American and Chinese
officials joined hands in the war against terrorism, and Beijing stood
by stoically as American GIs and air bases proliferated in Central
Asia. But now, even as both sides profess that the bilateral
relationship is healthier than ever, Beijing is pushing back against
American influence in Asia, both political and military. "The U.S. used
the excuse of counterterrorism to get into Central Asia, and then it
tried to lead the entire region," says Gao Heng, a professor at the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing who is familiar with
official thinking. "But now it's high time for the Americans to leave."
We can now add this quote to following collection of quotes by the
odious Gao Heng:
''If one American dies, it's big deal. If 10,000 Chinese die, so
what?''
-- Gao Heng, an international strategy specialist at
the PRC government-run Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) quoted
in a March 8, 2000 Associated Press article titled "China calls the
shots" by Charles Hutzler
"Taiwan can destroy Fujian and Zhejiang province, and we can destroy
all their harbors and factories. They can attack us fiercely, and we
can hit back fiercely. The result would be that Taiwan is destroyed and
Fujian and Zhejiang are destroyed. But we still have 29 other provinces
left."
-- Gao Heng (CASS) quoted in a China Daily article entitled "Beijing's
Wait-and-See Approach to Taiwanese Politics," March 27, 2000 - author
Paul Mooney
"[The U.S. military is] afraid of death, but the Chinese military is
not
afraid of dying."
-- Gao Heng, CASS, ibid.
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