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"john" |
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18 Aug 2006 06:17:40 PM |
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Top Chinese Diplomat Tells US to 'Shut up' on Arms Spending |
Bush welcomed Marxist China as someone we can do business with or words
to that effect, remember.
Top Chinese Diplomat Tells US to 'Shut up' on Arms Spending
by H. Josef Hebert
China's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, throwing diplomatic
language to the wind, has told the United States in no uncertain terms
to "shut up and keep quiet" on the subject of Beijing's growing
military spending.
(APF Photo)
Interviewed for a BBC radio programme on the topic Thursday, Sha Zukang
also said China would "do the business" and sacrifice its own people's
lives if any nation supported a declaration of independence by Taiwan.
Responding to jitters within the Bush administration about Beijing's
spiraling military budget, Sha said the United States itself accounts
for half of the entire world's military spending.
"The China population is six times or five times that of the United
States," he said. "Why blame China?... It's better for the US to shut
up and keep quiet. It's much, much better."
His voice rising, Sha continued: "It's the US's sovereign right to do
whatever they deem good for them - but don't tell us what is good for
China. Thank you very much!"
Sha was equally explicit on Taiwan declaring independence with US
backing - a prospect that the BBC programme, by former Beijing
correspondent Carrie Gracie, called the motivating factor behind
Chinese military spending.
"The moment Taiwan declares independence, supported by whoever, China
will have no choice," he said.
"We will do the business through whatever means available to my
government. Nobody should have any illusions on that. We will do the
business at any cost."
He added: "It's not a matter of how big Taiwan is, but for China, one
inch of the territory is more valuable than the life of our people. We
will never concede on that."
China's rising military spending, which has grown by double digits for
much of the last 15 years, has caused concern in the United States and
amongst China's neighbors in Asia.
In March the National People's Congress (parliament), largely a
rubber-stamp for decisions taken at the top level of the Chinese
Communist Party, approved a 14.7-percent increase in military spending
to 35 billion dollars (27 billion euros) this year.
Although this is paltry compared to the 419 billion dollar (325 billion
euro) US defense budget in 2006, the Pentagon last year estimated that
China's defense spending was two to three times the publicly announced
figure.
In a speech in Beijing in July, Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan said
modernization of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) remained a
priority, the China News Service reported.
"The entire military must eye the historic destiny of China's military
in the new century and new era and push forward the main line of a
Chinese-style revolution in military affairs," he was quoted as saying.
He added: "We must unswervingly fulfill our sacred duty to defend state
sovereignty, territorial integrity and security and never tolerate
Taiwan independence and never permit Taiwan independence forces under
any name or under any circumstances or form to split Taiwan from the
motherland."
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0817-08.htm
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| User: "Scott homealone.com" |
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| Title: Re: Top Chinese Diplomat Tells US to 'Shut up' on Arms Spending |
18 Aug 2006 06:39:32 PM |
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"john" <@global.net> wrote in message news:lUrFg.39$EL1.2@newsfe04.lga...
Bush welcomed Marxist China as someone we can do business with or words to
that effect, remember.
So has every president since Nixon. Do you have a point
or you just wanted to bash Bush?
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| User: "Nospam" |
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| Title: Re: Top Chinese Diplomat Tells US to 'Shut up' on Arms Spending |
18 Aug 2006 07:14:25 PM |
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"Scott" <homealone.com> wrote:
So has every president since Nixon. Do you have a point
or you just wanted to bash Bush?
The point is:
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By depending on China due to braindamaged offshoring, US have to sit down
quietly and keep the mount close exactly as China ordered.
As of this moment over 50% of our manufactured commodities come from China,
and we were able to completely destroy whole sectors of our economy.
I read this week an article that today 97.1% of the clothing US need are
manufactured offshore. Less than 3% of our need it is done at home.
The "supply side economics" and "small government theory" promoted by
radical conservatives and multinational corporations were able to do to US
what Stalin tried and failed.
You gota love this corporate sockpuppets.
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| User: "john" |
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| Title: Re: Top Chinese Diplomat Tells US to 'Shut up' on Arms Spending |
18 Aug 2006 07:37:54 PM |
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Scott wrote:
"john" <@global.net> wrote in message news:lUrFg.39$EL1.2@newsfe04.lga...
Bush welcomed Marxist China as someone we can do business with or words to
that effect, remember.
So has every president since Nixon. Do you have a point
or you just wanted to bash Bush?
Not trying to bash anyone. Just pointing out what transpired. If it is
true can that be construed as bashing.
I voted for Bush.
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