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China spreads its peacekeepers
asia times online ^ | 2/4/09 | By Bates Gill and Chin-Hao Huang

Posted on 02/03/2009 3:29:24 PM PST by Flavius

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has increased its participation in a broadening array of multilateral security arrangements in recent years.

One of the most high-profile aspects of this trend is the dramatic expansion in Chinese peacekeeping deployments (of civilian police, military observers, engineering battalions, and medical units) to United Nations operations: since 2000, when China deployed fewer than 100 peacekeepers, there has been a remarkable 20-fold increase in its contributions.

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Oh my Lord, Chinese peacekeepers going into Africa almost like World war has been fought over resources in the old Censored Continent.
1 posted on 02/03/2009 3:29:24 PM PST by Flavius
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To: Flavius

“Peacekeepers” eh? Yeah.


2 posted on 02/03/2009 3:30:23 PM PST by dr_who
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To: Flavius

Hey, China is our MFN (names changed to protect the guilty) bud these days. No problem. We’re giving them trillions in business to finance all this, while cutting our military and destroying our nukes. No big deal.


3 posted on 02/03/2009 3:33:18 PM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: FBI cuts off CAIR for contact with Hamas, Obama wants to talk to.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Thats right its all good its great fun awesome i feel culturally enriched too.


4 posted on 02/03/2009 3:37:12 PM PST by Flavius
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To: Flavius

You too huh?


5 posted on 02/03/2009 3:37:48 PM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: FBI cuts off CAIR for contact with Hamas, Obama wants to talk to.)
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I think China still has Debtor’s prisons. Maybe the PRC army is just getting a bit of practice collecting in preperation to collect the Debt the Fools on the Hill have run up?
6 posted on 02/03/2009 3:42:04 PM PST by jedi150
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To: DoughtyOne

yes spiritually enlighten


7 posted on 02/03/2009 3:42:39 PM PST by Flavius
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To: jedi150

The topic is certainly something I’m not really happy about.


8 posted on 02/03/2009 3:45:27 PM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: FBI cuts off CAIR for contact with Hamas, Obama wants to talk to.)
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To: Flavius

No reeducation for YOU!


9 posted on 02/03/2009 3:45:58 PM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: FBI cuts off CAIR for contact with Hamas, Obama wants to talk to.)
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Only a Commie would celebrate MFN with Communist China

American wealth being used to spread Communism....real brillant.


10 posted on 02/03/2009 4:11:39 PM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (The UnHoly Grail of Anti-Americanism: Illegal Aliens, Globalism, Free Trade, WTO, UN,)
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Couldn’t agree more, if my sarcasm wasn’t evident to you. (either way actually)


11 posted on 02/03/2009 4:14:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: FBI cuts off CAIR for contact with Hamas, Obama wants to talk to.)
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To: Flavius

How remarkable is the increase from 100 to 2,000 (twenty fold) for the country with the largest population on Earth.

They probably have that many new soldiers enrolled in their army every minute.


12 posted on 02/03/2009 5:04:03 PM PST by wildbill
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