Posted on 11/17/2004 10:32:59 AM PST by TapTheSource
CHINA WATCHES, WAITS: MASSIVE MILITARY BUILD-UP, MAJOR ESPIONAGE EFFORT
November 17, 2004 By Toby Westerman Copyright 2004 International News Analysis Today www.inatoday.com
Despite assurances from just-resigned Secretary of State Collin Powell regarding U.S.-China relations, the second term of the administration of George W. Bush could encounter a major war in the Pacific, and is witnessing a major espionage offensive.
Communist China is demonstrating an increasingly high level of aggression and military intrusion against its neighbors, engaging in actions which could pull the United States into a naval war in the Pacific.
Taiwan faces invasion - possibly at any moment -- from China, at least one Chinese submarine has intruded into Japanese waters, and, most amazingly, Chinese intelligence services have been able to acquire a file of personal data on nearly every inhabitant on the island of Taiwan. Communist China's spy services have targeted and succeeded in obtaining files on military service records, vehicle and household registration, and national health data, according to the Taiwan news daily, the Taipei Times.
China claims Taiwan as a rebel province. The government on Taiwan, known formally as the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC), fled to the island following its defeat at the hands of Communist forces on the mainland. Although the U.S. no longer has formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the U.S. remains committed to the island under the terms of the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act.
China's ability to compromise nearly every citizen of Taiwan, including the highest ranking military and governmental personnel, raises alarming questions concerning Beijing's espionage capabilities directed against other opponents, including the United States. Already in the mid and late 1990s, newspaper headlines reported the loss of important U.S. military and technology secrets to China. It is an open question as to how far Beijing has gone in the penetration and documentation of American society.
The mainland Communist government remains adamant in its determination to invade at the first declaration of Taiwan independence, and recent statements from Beijing declare that Taiwan is "playing with fire" as it presses for recognition as a separate nation.
Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has vowed to seek a membership for Taiwan in the United Nations as an independent state, further enraging Beijing.
China is conducting an impressive modernization of its armed forces, which leads Pentagon observers to warn that Beijing could eventually rival U.S. forces in the Pacific. China is building an increasingly sophisticated military to successfully obstruct any U.S. attempt to aid Taiwan in case of Communist invasion.
China's military capabilities potentially not only threaten Taiwan, as China's disputes with its neighbors grow and as the nations in the Asia-Pacific region keep a wary eye on the increasingly powerful Red Dragon.
Japanese naval forces recently hunted a foreign submarine intruding into Japan's territorial waters. Indications from the sub's identifiable sounds and its course of sail pointed to Communist China as its nation of origin.
The incident occurred 75 miles south of a group of disputed islands, known as the Senkaku to the Japanese and Diaoyu to the Chinese, highlighting the contest between Japan and China for oil and gas resources believed to exist in the region.
Following two days of international crisis, China finally admitted that the "mystery" sub was theirs, and claimed a "technical error" for the intrusion.
The United States Navy is the only major force in the Pacific belonging to a democratic nation, and America remains committed to the defense of Taiwan, Japan and other allies in the region.
In 1958, the U.S. fought alongside Taiwanese forces in a deadly artillery conflict with China's Peoples Liberation Army, and in the following years sent naval forces on several occasions to deter a mainland attack on Taiwan.
As China's power grows, so too will the challenge to the U.S. presence in the region, and America's commitment to its allies.
>Communists agression....military intrusion against its neighbors....could pull the U.S. into a naval war in the Pacific...<
Also why are high Chinese Communist officials visiting Cuba, Brazil, Argentina of late? The last battle before it is publically announced that the U.S.A. is now owned by Communist China? (Thanks to American corporate greed!)
OTOH, our masterful submarine division is on the alert in our waters, so could China win such a skirmish?
Oh, Mr. President.......?
"Personally I think Chinamen are funny little people like midgets. But they have rights I know"
Personally, I think you're a troll.
The Pentagon will clear this Marine, I'm confident. We are doing the extremely hard work in Iraq to kill the insurgents, while protecting civilians, infrastructure, and building a democracy. It would not make sense for us to carpet bomb even the ratholes like Fallujah if we want Allawi to succeed. If we go to war with China, we would use primarily missiles, naval, and air attacks. No chinese ship, aircraft or soldier would reach our shores.
"Memo to self, do not invest money in China....."
Serious and funny all at the same time. I agree, try to avoid buying products from Red China wherever and whenever possible.
Had they jumped in, China would have invaded.
Capesh?
Not only should we be prepared to, but we have to, it's the law you know. The fact is China sees us as enemy #1, everything they do is calcualted to reduce our influence or hurt us in some way or on planning on going to war with us. And if they truly want to fight, the sooner the better because in 10-20 years they may be able to put up a decent fight with all the stolen technology they've obtained.
"Also why are high Chinese Communist officials visiting Cuba, Brazil, Argentina of late?"
Don't forget about the Communist "Police Force" they just sent to Haiti...it's not hard to imagine who they are supposed to protect (read: lavalas).
Check the following link for an EXCELLENT background piece on these disturbing developments re: Hait.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1260168/posts
>>>"Battle for Taiwan would be an amphibious assault."
What if they are already there?
What if they just fly in on commercial airlines?
What if the large number of those people in Taiwan that support merging with China go along with the program and form an internal core to help the Communist Chinese that have been infilitrating over the last 5 years?
Taiwan may just quickly surrender, rather than defend themselves and thus see massive destruction of its infrastructure.
The conditions in Taiwan are not the same as they were in the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's. There are a lot of Chinese in Taiwan (about 15 %) that came over from mainland China after World War II that are incensed over the strong rhetoric and treatment of the original Chinese in Taiwan (about 85 %). This 85 % has taken back leadership only in the last 8 years or so. The Chang Kai Shek party is out, the original Chinese are in and there's a fierce internal conflict going on.
If Taiwan surrendered, it wouldn't be nice if they had tons of sophisticated US weapons to hand over to their new masters.
We shouldn't get involved unless all of Taiwan is on the same page: fight to the death. If that's the case, then we should go back to our original deal: defense of Taiwan. Until then, we should just continue our rhetoric... and get the currencies to float to slow down the Chinese juggernaut.
Hoppy
Had they jumped in, China would have invaded.
Capesh?
No, it don't Capesh.
Taiwan couldn't spare 2 or 3 hundred troops? If they are such a great ally, would that not be a symbol of allegiance with us?
sp
The troops aren't ready to fight on another front just yet.
It's inevitable that we're going to war with China in the near future, it's just that the timing is bad.
If China invades Taiwan...what do we do? Having them fighting alongside us in Iraq is the excuse China needs to take over.
Meanwhile, everyone keep buying the Tinkertoys made in China and keep sailing your freighters through the Panama Canal they are presently running.
But but but China is our friend. The PRC was just joking when they threatened to nuke LA 4 years ago. And Chinas downing of our surveillance plane over international waters in 2000 and their ensuring belligerence was no more than a little misunderstanding on both sides. And Bush apologized to the PRC anyway.
As the citizens of China experience a rising standard of living they will throw out the communists just like they tried to do in 1989.
China has a very long history and many sites of importance. Do they want to lose them in a nuclear war? China does need to be watched like Japan prior to WW2.
The tanks of the rulers will crush their bodies into toothpicks.
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