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In the Opium Wars, Great Britain was determined to subdue China by flooding them with dope, which also financed British worldwide interests. It was likewise a great ongoing profit to the British Monarchy. Now American Big Business wants to merge some of their doings with Red China. So IBM, Boeing, and other multi-national Big Feet want to tap into Red China's large pool of low-cost labor. To conceal what is going on, the American monopoly press seldom tell us what is necessary to know to understand all this. Here are some items, to be dealt with in this series, ...

ISRAEL became embroiled in a row yesterday with the US, its closest ally, after it refused to cancel a lucrative arms deal with China. As President Jiang Zemin began the first visit to the Jewish state by a Chinese leader, the Israeli Government defended the sale of a sophisticated early warning system to Beijing, which threatens America's military superiority in the Pacific. Ephraim Sneh, the Israeli deputy Defence Minister, said that Israel would honour its contract to China, despite what he called an American "steamroller" of pressure to halt the deal. "In this market of the defence industries of the ...

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban warned Russia not to attack alleged terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, reported Reuters April 12. According to the same report, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Ivanov said he would not rule out the possibility of air strikes. Given Russia’s antagonistic relationship with the Taliban and its historic support of its opposition Northern Alliance, air strikes are likely. Russia has repeatedly accused the Taliban of supporting Chechen rebels. The Taliban has offered the separatists military assistance and opened diplomatic ties. A Russian bombing campaign would send a clear message that Moscow will neither tolerate nor forgive insurgents ...

JERUSALEM, April 12 (Reuters) - Chinese President Jiang Zemin said on Wednesday China wanted to use peaceful means in  its policy on Taiwan but would reserve the choice to use force  if needed.   "Our policy has very long been a consistent one. Peaceful  reunification, one country, two systems," the Chinese leader  told a news conference during a visit to Israel.   "But we cannot undertake to give up the use of force  because we need to keep this option to prevent interference in  China's internal affairs."   Jiang arrived on Wednesday for the first visit to Israel by ...

Terence Jeffrey of Human Events reported the shocking inside story of Motorola's $1.5 billion investment in China's high tech computer and communications industry. Typical of the way China does business with Western investors, Motorola agreed to "localize both its staff and operations inside China. China requires that corporations who have any military-related technology set up manufacturing within China. This policy has been agreed to by Russia as well as the US. This allows China to clone the technology at will without having to evade US export restrictions. It will also allow China, during the next war, to seize all foreign ...

Intelligence report says China plans to buy more warplanes, ships, and subs from Russia Source: ChinaOnline News Tue Jan 4,2000 -- China is reportedly in negotiations to purchase more fighter aircraft, destroyers and submarines from Russia, according to the latest issue of Jane’s Defence Weekly. Citing "diplomatic sources in Beijing," JDW said China is seeking to buy 40 more Su-30MKK fighters, two or three upgraded Kilo-class submarines and two or three more Sovremenny-class destroyers. "Such assets would considerably enhance China’s area denial capabilities," JDW noted, "especially in the East China Sea where serious tensions exist with Taiwan."

Russia And China Developing 'Super-Fast Missile' Russia And China Developing 'Super-Fast Missile' >By Tim Butcher - Defense Correspondent LINK 1-2-2000     A long range missile fast enough to catch any combat fighter in the world is being developed jointly by Russia and China, according to British Aerospace.   BAe, one of the two rival companies bidding for a £700 million contract to equip the Eurofighter with its own advanced air-to-air missiles, said the missile could be in production as early as 2005. It has a "ram jet" propulsion system, giving a range of 50 miles and a speed ...