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China predicts war in 5 years
World Net Daily ^ | Jan 2001 | Jon Dougherty

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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To: Parthalan

more than a couple miles wide... who do you think we are North Korea? We have the real deal :^D


21 posted on 09/17/2004 9:07:34 AM PDT by FesterUSMC
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To: Bluegrass Conservative; Jeff Head
Please tell me we're not going to try to protect Czeckoslovakia's sovereignty. I foresee us going to war with Nazi Germany somewhere down the road, and I don't look forward to that by any means. But, I'm not sure protecting Czeckoslovakia is worth that type of hellish war.

----Well stated, Prime Minister Chamberlain. With such wisdom, I'm sure we will have "peace in our time."

22 posted on 09/17/2004 9:09:19 AM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Jeff Head

Hello, Jeff, how are you ? I read about your loss and I'm sure you know we all are with you in these sad moments.

The more info I read or hear about China, the more I'm led to think you're either some benevolent time-traveler or gifted with extraordinary prophetic powers...

My word, things are really getting "interesting" (in the Chinese meaning of this word) for us all. China moves her pieces all over the Great Game board : Venezuela, Sudan, Panama, the OAS, Taiwan...


23 posted on 09/17/2004 9:10:35 AM PDT by Atlantic Friend ( Cursum Perficio)
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To: Bluegrass Conservative
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.

You are correct that we don't recognize Taiwan as a nation, but rather, as a province of China. However, we have signed the Taiwan Relations Act.

It is the policy of the United States... to consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States; to provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character; and to maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan.

If the United States were to stand by and let China takeover Taiwan by force, all of our treaty commitments would be called into question. What would Japan's reaction be? God help us if we allowed Taiwan and its 22 million people to fall under Communist rule. Taiwan has the 17th largest economy in the world, just behind Russia.

24 posted on 09/17/2004 9:10:48 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Always Right
The Headline should read, China Promised to Invade in 5 Years.....it is not really a prediction if you have control over it.

I was going to say "China Plans to invade in 5 years. I predict (plan) that I will continue working for 5 years.

25 posted on 09/17/2004 9:10:49 AM PDT by marvlus
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To: FesterUSMC

Mushrooms are right. Pretty mushrooms with a distinct smell to them.
2008 Olympics could be a good year for some Intel gathering when the whole country opens up to the free world. Hopefully by then, the Chinese will not disrupt the "made in taiwan" crap we all seem to buy once in a while!


26 posted on 09/17/2004 9:11:07 AM PDT by ruready4eternity ( allah & the religion of "peace" Coming to a bus & crowded street near you- strapped with presents)
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To: miliantnutcase
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.

By who? We're a little busy right now and we've also not shown anything to discourage China from invading Taiwan. And as soon as we do go over there Kim Chong Il will start spouting off about an American invasion and let off some nuclear test explosion.
27 posted on 09/17/2004 9:11:32 AM PDT by lelio
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To: ruready4eternity

Doesn't Taiwan have nukes?


28 posted on 09/17/2004 9:12:04 AM PDT by js1138 (Speedy architect of perfect labyrinths.)
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To: isom35

"come on China, at least wait till after the Olympics in 2008..."

Or maybe they will launch the attack during the Olympics : suddenly they have hundreds of thousands of foreign hostages to bargain for...


29 posted on 09/17/2004 9:12:20 AM PDT by Atlantic Friend ( Cursum Perficio)
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To: ruready4eternity
China won't attack Taiwan unless provoked. This is a no win situation for everyone. The Taiwanese would be obliterated. The United States would be put in the position of fighting a defensive war if we intervened militarily. Mainland China would catch hell from most of the world while they are working hard to become part of it.

The Chinese catch a lot of hell (as they should) for their treatment of Tibet. That's a drop in the bucket of the problems resulting from an attack on Taiwan.

If I had to place a bet I think this will be a long, slow and sometimes jingoistic road toward some type of unification.

30 posted on 09/17/2004 9:13:35 AM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: Jeff Head

QUITE SO!

BTW,

How's sales of your book to Taiwan?

Gotta get a copy when I get some $$$!


31 posted on 09/17/2004 9:14:18 AM PDT by Quix (CONTACT CHURCHES UR AREA 2 HAVE SOLID PLAN 4 BUSSES VANS 2 GET CONSRV VOTERS 2 POLLS ELECTION DAY!)
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To: js1138

I dont think Taiwan personally, but Americans have troop deployment with military arsenal in and around Taiwan. China is surrounded, and all guns pointing.


32 posted on 09/17/2004 9:15:00 AM PDT by ruready4eternity ( allah & the religion of "peace" Coming to a bus & crowded street near you- strapped with presents)
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To: DM1
Jiang Zemin hasnt been president for awhile now
new guy is Hu
this article should think about checking that little fact

Hu?

33 posted on 09/17/2004 9:15:24 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: ruready4eternity

Well, China, good luck getting those troops acorss the Taiwan Straits.


34 posted on 09/17/2004 9:15:24 AM PDT by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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To: shanscom

Maybe Japan may boycott the Games,not the rest.Australia's foreign minister,Alexander Downer,publicly stated a few weeks back that his country would stay out of any war in the Straits ie they recognise China's position.The Asean nations are heavily trading with China-Singapore new PM stated that he recognises the 'one China' Policy.China has sold weaponry to Thailand & is trying to do the same to Malaysia & given Chinese clout in the region,none of them have raised a finger about Taiwan.South Korea's largest trading partner is China & Samsung,LG ,Hyundai make millions the mainland-why waste such money by morally supporting a pea sized island,which is losing economic relevance steadily(not a coincidence) -besides Seoul needs China to pull the strings in Pyongyang.China is too big a nation,militarily economically for the nations bordering it to act according to the way the US wishes them to.


35 posted on 09/17/2004 9:18:00 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: lelio

The US 7th Fleet. that's who. Based in Japan. http://www.c7f.navy.mil/


36 posted on 09/17/2004 9:18:17 AM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: miliantnutcase
China couldn't do jack but run away as everything they have gets sunk or shot down.

This is true. Taking an island that is well defended is much more difficult, militarily, than invading a region on the mainland, such as Vietnam.

37 posted on 09/17/2004 9:18:42 AM PDT by elbucko (A Feral Republican)
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To: ruready4eternity
if your using a computer right now chances are almost 100% of the parts in it were made in Taiwan.. well not that high But pretty high! at least 80% MOST Motherboards are made in Taiwan

asus.com.tw
leadtek.com.tw
soyo.com.tw
abit.com.tw
tw.giga-byte.com

those are just off the top of my head it would be hard to find one made outside taiwan or china...

38 posted on 09/17/2004 9:19:19 AM PDT by FesterUSMC
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To: Travis McGee

Touche. You make a good point.

However, I think we have bigger fish to fry than China right now. Taiwan is not worth the trouble.


39 posted on 09/17/2004 9:20:07 AM PDT by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: EternalVigilance

You know, Hu, the guy that's on first!!!


40 posted on 09/17/2004 9:20:41 AM PDT by Bluegrass Conservative
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