Posted on 09/17/2004 8:53:08 AM PDT by ruready4eternity
Senior Chinese leaders in the Central Military Command -- second in power only to President Jiang Zemin -- have predicted war with Taiwan within the next five years.
Beijing's next five-year economic plan began this year, meaning Zhang's threat falls within the plan's 2001-2006 time frame.
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Jiang Zemin hasnt been president for awhile now
new guy is Hu
this article should think about checking that little fact
Please tell me we're not going to try to protect Taiwan's sovereignty. I foresee us going to war with China somewhere down the road, and I don't look forward to that by any means. But, I'm not sure protecting Taiwan (whom, if I'm not mistaken, we still don't officially recognize as a nation) is worth that type of hellish war.
So China is predicting a Kerry win.
article appears to be dated from 2001.
I agree, but this is still the Chinese sentiment , a showdown with the states. The Taiwan issue will not go away, and I fear that GWB will have to confront 4 more year of IRan and Taiwan /North Korea. The pandora's box is now open. What or who is next in line for a whack?
HOLD ONTO YOUR @SS
Article dated Feb 2001. I guess we can start expecting that attack any time now. Wouldn't be a bad time to try it, since we're a little busy, right now.
Article dated Feb 2001. I guess we can start expecting that attack any time now. Wouldn't be a bad time to try it, since we're a little busy, right now.
The Headline should read, China Promised to Invade in 5 Years.....it is not really a prediction if you have control over it.
The only way to resolve this is to plant mushrooms really really big mushrooms!
Damn.
Just when I was planning to take Taiwan over myself.
The Chinese have to come in and ruin everything.
They should know.
You mean the kind that grow to two miles wide and thousands of feet in the air? ; )
come on China, at least wait till after the Olympics in 2008...
Yeah, as China knows by now they would get owned so hard if they tried any troop assault. All we would have to do is provide a bubble over taiwan with our cruisers, subs, destroyers, and China couldn't do jack but run away as everything they have gets sunk or shot down.
It would be a bad move on China's part. It would be them against the rest of the world. Plus, if they happen to read Revelations, they should know that they won't win.
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