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Mainland general calls Taiwan a threat to China
The Horses Mouth ^ | 04.21.05 | East Asian Intel

Posted on 04/21/2005 7:35:09 AM PDT by Dr. Marten

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A Chinese general has elevated the Taiwan issue to one of national strategic survival by claiming that any move to form an independent nation dominated by Han nationals would undermine the Mainland's stability.

Maj. Gen. Peng Guangqian from the Academy of Military Sciences said that Taiwan is a "strategic issue bearing on the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."

Peng accused Taiwanese officials and other forces of pressing for independence, which will "eventually lead to the disintegration of China."

 

 


 



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; chinese; han; taiwan

1 posted on 04/21/2005 7:35:09 AM PDT by Dr. Marten
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To: Dr. Marten
Sorry, this is an excerpt! Click the source linke for the full details!

2 posted on 04/21/2005 7:36:24 AM PDT by Dr. Marten ((http://thehorsesmouth.blog-city.com))
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He's right - an ideological threat.

But militarily no, although we [I type this in in Tainan, southern Taiwan] could and probably would take out Shanghai if things got nasty.

And economically, the two countries are as close as teeth and tongue.


3 posted on 04/21/2005 7:36:57 AM PDT by johnmilken
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which will "eventually lead to the disintegration of China."

Everything disintegrates sooner or later. Enjoyed the travelog yesterday.

4 posted on 04/21/2005 7:38:22 AM PDT by RightWhale (50 trillion sovereign cells working together in relative harmony)
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There about as much a military threat to China as Luxembourg is to Germany.


5 posted on 04/21/2005 7:38:38 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: johnmilken

Shanghai?

When they give you the Three Gorges Dam?


6 posted on 04/21/2005 7:39:34 AM PDT by Dr. Marten ((http://thehorsesmouth.blog-city.com))
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"When they give you the Three Gorges Dam?"

Dam is further away, and Shanghai is more of a psychological target. I don't really know, I just get the news out here...


7 posted on 04/21/2005 7:42:03 AM PDT by johnmilken
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"eventually lead to the disintegration of China."

Such an event would probably have far more to do with the oppression and corruption of the ruling Communist Party than with anything Taiwan would be capable of causing. On the other hand, if the mainland were to attack Taiwan and have their a**es handed to them (a'la Vietnam 1979) courtesy of the Taiwanese and the US Seventh Fleet that might be a spark which could bring their whole empire down.

8 posted on 04/21/2005 7:47:27 AM PDT by katana
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China is about to crap to get Taiwan back under their thumb.

Taiwan is no military threat to China like the other Poster stated they are an ideological threat. Sooner or later some Chinese official will make the stupid mistake of trying to invade Taiwan and launch a war no one needs or wants.

Bad thing? The money we are sending China thru buying their goods will be paying for it.


9 posted on 04/21/2005 7:49:27 AM PDT by sgtbono2002
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Nothing new here---China has been saying this for years. It will be news when we see the missiles flying towards Taiwan and the invasion fleet launched.


10 posted on 04/21/2005 7:52:00 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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Don't ignore Tawain's subs, the are a bigger threat than you think.

Big Trouble in Little China

11 posted on 04/21/2005 9:56:36 AM PDT by isaiah55version11_0
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