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Bush, Jiang Vow to Cooperate in War (Look For More Military Exchange Programs For China)
The International News ^ | Saturday October 20, 2001 | International News Staff

Posted on 10/20/2001 11:33:54 AM PDT by t-shirt

Bush, Jiang vow to cooperate in war

The International News (Pakistan)

October 20, 2001

SHANGHAI: US President George W Bush on Friday welcomed China's "firm commitment" to the war on terrorism and publicly downplayed sources of friction with Bejing after his first meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

"There's a firm commitment by this (Chinese) government to cooperate in intelligence matters and to help interdict financing of terrorist organisations," Bush told a joint news conference with Jiang.

China has been sharing intelligence and has sealed its border with Afghanistan amid US-led strikes on the country's Taliban rulers for refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden, blamed for September 11 terror strikes on the United States, said a US official, declining to be identified. But Beijing has not explicitly endorsed the US campaign, and Jiang called for restraint even as he emphasised he and Bush were committed to "working together with the rest of the international community to combat terrorism." "We hope that anti-terrorism efforts can have clearly defined targets, and efforts should hit accurately, and also avoid innocent casualties," said Jiang, who also called for the United Nations to "be brought into full play." The anonymous US official said China was not "layering" conditions for its support, that US action had roots in the UN charter's self-defence clause and that the world body would play a central role in rebuilding Afghanistan.

The agreement to fight terrorism appeared to have no spillover benefits for traditional sources of friction between Washington and Beijing, including human rights, arms proliferation and the volatile question of Taiwan.

Jiang said the last issue, if "properly handled" according to bilateral accords, would not blot a shared "bright future." Bush said he had "explained" his views on Taiwan, offering no details. Bush aides later said he had strongly restated his commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act, under which Washington conducts yearly sales of arms to the island.

Taiwan, which China regards as a rebel province, announced earlier on Friday that it was boycotting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in protest at Beijing's "barbaric" refusal to let it send its envoy of choice.

The US leader, in an apparent reference to China's crackdown on Uighur separatists in northwestern Xinjiang province, warned that the war on terrorism "must never be an excuse to persecute minorities." And he stressed "the need to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missile technology."

Bush acknowledged he had left the United States "at a very difficult time", amid a germ warfare scare tied to anthrax-laced letters, worries about possible new attacks and uncertainty about US reprisals for last month's onslaught.

"But this meeting is important because of the campaign against terror, because of the ties between our two great nations, because of the opportunity and hope that trade provides for both our people," said the US leader. Senior US administration officials who declined to be identified said Bush had briefly made the case for his missile defence plan, which China opposes, and was much more forceful on topics including religious freedom and weapons sales.

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Bush, Jiang unite against terrorism

Taipei Times

October 20, 2001

[CLOSING THE RANKS: The fight against terrorism has brought China and the US closer but differences in areas like treatment of minorities and weapons proliferation remain]--AP--(Pictured on Taipei Times Website)

SHANGHAI

US President George W. Bush and Chinese President Jiang Zemin ) declared themselves partners in the war on terrorism yesterday, although Jiang cautioned that US airstrikes on Afghanistan must be aimed at clearly defined targets to "avoid innocent casualties."

"President Jiang and the government stand side by side with the American people as we fight this evil force," Bush said after his first meeting with his Chinese counterpart.

Bush came to Shanghai at a time when the sometimes volatile Sino-American relations are on the upswing, but both leaders alluded in a joint news conference to lingering differences.

"The war on terrorism must never be an excuse to persecute minorities," Bush said, an apparent reference to China's treatment of the restive Uighur population in China's northwest Xinjiang Province.

Bush said he also stressed the need "to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missile technology." On Sept. 1, the State Department imposed sanctions on a Chinese arms producer for allegedly selling missile technology to Pakistan in violation of a US-Chinese agreement signed last November.

Jiang predicted a "bright future" for US-Chinese relations so long as the US sticks to bilateral agreements on Taiwan, an issue that has bedeviled ties between Washington and Beijing, off and on, for more than 50 years.

Bush began his first full day in China in 26 years by heading in midmorning from his downtown hotel to a guest house in western Shanghai. Security was unusually tight. No other traffic was permitted along the motorcade route. Groups of pedestrians, most of them expressionless, stood along the intersections.

Bush told Jiang he was impressed by the gleaming metropolis Shanghai has become since he was here in the mid-1970s, when his father headed the US diplomatic mission. Then, Bush said, he could not have imagined "the dynamic and impressive Shanghai of 2001."

Jiang said he made clear to Bush that he is "opposed to terrorism in all of its forms."

At the same time, alluding to the US-led air strikes on Afghanistan that began Oct. 7, Jiang said China hopes "anti-terrorism efforts can have clearly defined targets. And efforts should hit accurately, and also avoid innocent casualties." Some Afghan civilians have been killed in the air campaign.

In praising China's cooperation on terrorism, Bush noted that China has shared intelligence with the US and interdicted financing of terrorist organizations.

"There was no hesitation, there was no doubt they'd stand with our people during this terrible time," he said.

Bush met with Jiang on the eve of the annual APEC summit, which is expected to approve a declaration expressing the readiness of the 21 participants to combat international terrorism.

Jiang also said the UN should play a major role in the effort to bring stability to Afghanistan -- a view fully shared by the Bush administration.

After their initial meeting, Bush and Jiang had a lunch featuring shark's fin, fried lobster, steak and four vegetables.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2001/10/20/story/0000107914


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To: hillary's_fat_a**
U.S. Continues Clinton's Military Exchanges With China
41 posted on 10/20/2001 1:39:06 PM PDT by freedomnews
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To: t-shirt
U.S. to Widen Naval Drills With Russia (MoreTraining For Our Enemy & China's Military Partner)
42 posted on 10/20/2001 1:40:34 PM PDT by freedomnews
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To: t-shirt
UN Rapid Deployment Police and Security Force Act of 2000
43 posted on 10/20/2001 1:43:04 PM PDT by freedomnews
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To: freedomnews
How long before China is in NATO?!!
44 posted on 10/20/2001 1:49:19 PM PDT by majic12
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To: ohioWfan
Quite an amazing leap you've made there!! You haven't had many courses in logic, have you?? (Maybe they've had more important things to do than dig up bodies to make you happy).

If YOU became President and had credible evidence that the former administration committed MASS MURDER and TREASON (which I am happy to debate if you wish to challenge that), and all you had to do to prove it is to exhume and autopsy the body of one man, wouldn't you have done it sometime during your first EIGHT MONTHS in office? Or are you suggesting that MASS MURDER and TREASON by the democRAT party, Clinton administration and Clinton are unimportant? Are you suggesting that getting a tiny tax cut (which I have YET to see by the way) through Congress might be more important than cleaning out the corruption left by the DNC in our government? Does "politics" supercede investigating and prosecuting crimes as serious as mass murder and treason? What IS the basis of YOUR "logic"? I can at least back up my claims that there is evidence of these crimes. Can you show ANY evidence that the Bush adminstration was investigating them, or Filegate, or Chinagate, or emailgate or any of a number of other "gates" those first 8 months in office. ANY?

45 posted on 10/20/2001 1:51:15 PM PDT by BeAChooser
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To: majic12
Chinese, American military lawyers exchange ideas
46 posted on 10/20/2001 1:51:26 PM PDT by freedomnews
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To: independentmind; freedomnews; Jeff Head; golitely
The coming Bio-Terror Crime/Corruption Opinion (Published) Keywords: TERRORISM,
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, CORRUPTION, TYRANNY

Source: Give me Liberty or Give me Death

Published: August 1999 Author: Jeff Head

Posted on 06/03/2000 19:27:48 PDT by Jeff Head

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3939bea472a2.htm

I wish someone could repost Jeff Head's story & links from that thread onto this thread for me...

47 posted on 10/20/2001 2:00:10 PM PDT by t-shirt
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To: hillary's_fat_a**
To see Bush's trip to China in a positive light, I think before major military moves of this scope, heads of state meet one-on-one to assure each other of their intentions. Thus, Bush-Soviets; Bush-Britain; Bush-China; Bush-Italy; Bush-Germany, etc. He's very well-travelled lately. Hope this implies massive retaliation.
48 posted on 10/20/2001 2:27:49 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
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To: t-shirt
Your Tin-Hat conspiracy editorials are way too boring.

Nobody of any substance listens to your group dooms-day illogic....

As part of the new format, most of us simply hit the "IGNORE" button.

49 posted on 10/20/2001 2:28:51 PM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP
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To: t-shirt
Thanks for the bump. You've been busy.
50 posted on 10/20/2001 2:29:48 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
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To: t-shirt
Good post. You have put a lot of work into it.

Deporting and or arresting all illegal alien immigrants and all individuals (mostly foriegners) in America linked to terror groups.

This theme has been making the rounds lately. About 70 to 80% of the American people have been saying the same thing but Washington doesn't seem to be listening. It is a shame that we allow things like this to happen.

Had Mohamed Atta been detained in Miami, there is a very good chance that the WTC attacks could have been averted.

As far as China - I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. I see no real reason for Bush being over there.

51 posted on 10/20/2001 2:56:51 PM PDT by Brownie74
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
AUDIO OF THE U.N U.N MONEY ON terrorism LIST
52 posted on 10/20/2001 2:58:30 PM PDT by freedomnews
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To: t-shirt
Isn't it just wonderful that we are continuing to be buddies with China? Everybody conveniently forgets their "theft" of nuclear weapons secrets. (The word "theft" is in quotes because nuclear weapons information wasn't so much stolen as they were given away. It's like purposely leaving your unlocked new car in an inner city neighborhood with the keys in the ignition. Then you come back the next day and have the nerve to act surprised that the car is gone.) Forty years ago, people would have been executed over it. Now it isn't even worthy of a shoulder shrug.

I guess it doesn't bother people, either, that China has officially predicted a war against us in the next 10 to 15 years.

53 posted on 10/20/2001 3:05:08 PM PDT by Hillary 666
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP; t-shirt
Your Tin-Hat conspiracy editorials are way too boring hitting a nerve.

Nobody of any substance the bushtheyoungercrowd listens will open their eyes to your group dooms-day illogic....

As part of the new format, most of us simply hit the "IGNORE" busting our collective @$$e$ to reply button.

54 posted on 10/20/2001 3:13:40 PM PDT by IRtorqued
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To: BeAChooser
Sheesh, maybe we can discuss this rationally after you calm down!!
55 posted on 10/20/2001 3:41:32 PM PDT by ohioWfan
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To: t-shirt
"...rearming our pilots as they were before the evil 1968 gun Control Act was passed."

This isn't why pilots were disarmed, was it? Cite:

56 posted on 10/20/2001 3:46:31 PM PDT by dbbeebs
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To: It'salmosttolate
LISTEN TO POST 52
57 posted on 10/20/2001 3:58:13 PM PDT by freedomnews
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To: B4Ranch
LISTEN TO POST 52
58 posted on 10/20/2001 4:01:39 PM PDT by freedomnews
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To: ohioWfan
Sheesh, maybe we can discuss this rationally after you calm down!!

You are the one using all the asterisks and my reply was quite rational considering that you tried to insult my intelligence. I notice that you didn't respond to the questions I asked either. What PRESSING BUSINESS kept Bush/Ashcroft for over 8 months from investigating ANY of the crimes committed by the Clinton administration ... little things ... like murder, treason, bribery, blackmail, perjury, tampering with evidence, witness intimidation, voter fraud, campaign funding violations, etc?

59 posted on 10/20/2001 4:18:46 PM PDT by BeAChooser
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To: freedomnews
not sure what point you were heading for? I'm not willing to sell out to the chicoms though, i'd rather live in a tent.
60 posted on 10/20/2001 4:26:05 PM PDT by goodieD
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