BEIJING HOPES TO GAIN FROM U.S. RAIDS ON AFGHANISTAN

Far Eastern Economic Review ^ | Issue cover-dated October 4, 2001 | David Murphy and Susan V. Lawrence

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According to Asian diplomats, Lu sought guarantees that Uighurs would not receive military training from the Taliban, while Omar wanted China to oppose United Nations sanctions on his regime, initially imposed in the wake of the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

Sounds like a recipie for some guanxi, or quid pro quo to me.

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I put this as an editorial, only because the spin placed on this makes it rather opinionated with foregone conculsions more than anything.

There are some interesting facts though...

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According to Asian diplomats, Lu sought guarantees that Uighurs would not receive military training from the Taliban, while Omar wanted China to oppose United Nations sanctions on his regime, initially imposed in the wake of the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

And both agreed that America is the grand hegemon...

[super175]

The jihad won't go to China if you give us some money, technology, etc...

[Blackyce]

Would someone kindly get around to telling the Chinese we wont be invading anytime soon. They're doing a better job of demonizing us then we did with the USSR. Their "educated" society actually believes our goal is to take over the world. I mean I guess Beijing is pretty and all, but I wouldnt want to own it.(or control it, or really even visit if the flight's too long) If people keep calling us the Hegemon and attacking fomenting attacks on us, we might be tempted to take them up on it someday.

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But while China dabbled with the Taliban, it never had plans to extend diplomatic recognition to the regime, say analysts. A senior Asian diplomat says Beijing approached the Taliban the way that Chinese go to temples. "They go for insurance," he says. And even then, "they burn paper money, never real money."

Uh, yeah. Like the Chinese ever deal in fake money when it comes to their national security.

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[LarryLied]

Big deal. Who cares? Bush has sold us out. We all know it in our hearts. We simply cannot admit it. Some of us.

[Frankiedi]

Large numbers of People's Liberation Army troops have also been seen on the move in the Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang, to the far west of China.

[Frankiedi]

Ala human wave attacks on the Taliban.

[Blackyce]

You know, it just crossed my mind that if it weren't for the muslim populations in parts of mainland china, they'd probably go ahead and allow freedom of religion.

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"... "put a knife in China's back."

Actually, it's not a knife and it's not your back that we had in mind...

[color_tear]

if it weren't for the muslim populations in parts of mainland china, they'd probably go ahead and allow freedom of religion.

CCP will never allow freedom of religion because it againsts everything CCP is doing. There is a BEING is much more superior than CCP.
70 - 80% of Chinese claimed to be Buddhist before 1949.

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You can pray in China. It is ok, just as long as God is the only one who hears you.

They allow some state sanctioned party run churches, but that is about it. The party "cleans up" the stuff it does not like then tells everyone they have a choice. (aka choice = go to our version of church or don't go). Whenever the party line changes, so does the teachings of the church.

Everything else is completely underground.

[tallhappy]

You know, it just crossed my mind that if it weren't for the muslim populations in parts of mainland china, they'd probably go ahead and allow freedom of religion.

I see another Sept 16 joining member.

All the 916ers seem to act as ChiCom apologists.

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see post #15