Posted on 09/13/2001 6:56:48 AM PDT by vannrox
John Pomfret Washington Post Service Thursday, September 13, 2001 READ THE ARTICLE... Summary: "...China has signed a memorandum of understanding for economic and technical cooperation with Kabul..." "(reported) "... from Afghanistan and Pakistan..." "...The agreement was reported Tuesday, the same day terrorists hijacked four planes in the United States and drove them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon..." RVR Comment - Interesting Timing!!!!! "...the most substantial part of a series of contacts that Beijing has had with Afghanistan over the last two years...." "... Of all non-Muslim countries, Beijing now has the best relationship with the isolated regime in Kabul in the world..." "...the contacts have disturbed high-ranking officials from the West and some of China's central Asian neighbors.." ".... said they worried that Beijing was trying to curry favor with Kabul at the same time it made a public show of opposing terrorism which seemed to be supported by Afghanistan..." "... China has helped form the Shanghai Cooperative Organization that joins Russia and three central Asian nations in a loose grouping..." "... China is quietly dealing with the Taleban as part of an effort to convince its officials to close Afghan-based camps that are used to train Muslim "...China has dangled the prospect of providing Afghanistan with much needed help on its infrastructure and economic development.." "....two Chinese telecommunications firms, Huawei Technologies and ZTE, signed contracts to provide limited phone service for Kabul and Kandahar, near where the suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden is supposedly based..." "...Huawei as one Chinese firm that was involved in helping Iraq bolster its air defenses by selling it communications equipment.." "...Chinese engineers have also held negotiations with Taleban officials about renovating an American-built power station, ..." "...political contacts between China and the Taleban government have grown...." "China has got to make a decision and a decisive one on Afghanistan..."China Strengthens Ties With Taleban by Signing Economic Deal
I have advocated for some time now, long before Tuesday's attacks, that the U.S. is fueling the Chinese military buildup by extending MFN status to China and allowing, via NAFTA, the relocation of American businesses to China.
I work with Taiwanese and Chinese people who are bewildered as to why America is kissing up to China. They have told me that it is the oriental mindset to stab in the back those who help them.
If they can see what the ultimate outcome will be and you can't or refuse to see it, then, sir(?), it is you who have no grasp of reality.
FReegards...MUD
and having traded with them in the late 80s up till the Tinnamin (sp?) Square Massacre.
Their old, power-hungry Commie "leaders" do not deserve to lead them,
much less do they even deserve to LIVE at this point.
The Chinese people, particularly the young people,
just want to be free and "rich" like Americans.
MFN with China and the Olympic Games in Beijing should NOW be both officially DEAD!
and having traded with them in the late 80s up till the Tinnamin (sp?) Square Massacre.
Their old, power-hungry Commie "leaders" do not deserve to lead them,
much less do they even deserve to LIVE at this point.
The Chinese people, particularly the young people,
just want to be free and "rich" like Americans.
MFN with China and the Olympic Games in Beijing should NOW be both officially DEAD!
I say we stop buying ties and underwear from them. That's the ticket, no more ties and underwear.
China is already suffering an economic slowdown with high unemployment. In some isolated areas the Communists Party members were attacked and troops had to be sent in. China is still a Communist expansionist state but its window of opportunity may have already passed it by. It all depends of how strongly we exert ourselves on the international scene in the aftermath of these terrorists attacks. This moment has many far reaching implications for our future position in the world.
And how much do you think your "interactionaires" would lose if China is abandoned by America businesses? Do you really believe that they are objective in assessing the reality that exists? Money blinds one to the truth.
"I have doubts about the veracity of your statements."
I couldn't care less about your doubts, seeing how I closely work with Chineses everyday. I am constantly asking them how they view the situation with China and I have expressed them thusly. Whether you believe me or not will not cost me one minute of sleep tonight, although your ignorance may.
Did they announce it on Tuesday in China or on Tuesday in the U.S? Your "Ineteresting Timing" ignores something called the international date line. Tuesday morning in China is Monday night in the U.S. In other words, the announcement was before the tragic events of Tuesday (EST) occured.
Where is the article? I would like to read it in context.
You are correct that money often blinds one to the truth and, because of that, many U.S. companies have invested so heavily in China, looking for a piece of that illusive fabulous market, that China has become their Tar Baby. It is difficult to turn lose.
I never trusted the Chinese and I think these companies are fools. Slick Willie bamboozled them with his contacts over there, which he gained by giving them everything they wanted. Once these companies establish the infrastructure and develop the markets, the Chinese will say, just as the Mafia does, "Thank you very much, now goodbye. We can handle it from here."
Of the 1000 or so people who worked at WTC in her company about 100 are accounted for at present. The remaining 900 are still unaccounted for. She is still unaccounted for. Needless to say we are still praying as is her husband and her kids. Obviously everyone knows the outlook is not good but there are many unknown victims alive in hospitals. Until someone recognizes them or they regain enough conciousness to repond to questions they remian unidentified..
Stay well - Yorktown
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