To: ATOMIC_PUNK
I am a Chinese living outside of China. The following is based on my personal experience and observation.
The China Government (with all her propaganda machines) has been nurturing the anti-American sentiment among her citizen after the Embassy bombing in Yogoslavia and the spy plane incident over South China Sea.
For decades, the Chinese Government has used nationalism to rally support from the mass public. As the Chinese saying goes: Kill two birds with one stone. The equation is simple -- The more they hate the America devil, the more they will support (and/or more tolerant to) their own government and the oppression. In this respect, they have achieved remarkable success in recent years.
If you can read Chinese and have monitored the Chinese open-discussion forums on the internet and the phone-in programs on the radio over the last 3 years, you wont be surprised to find that public opinion is lopsided anti-American (up to an extreme ratio of 99 to 1). Any neutral opinion is automatically labeled as treasonous, not to mention pro-American. After the publication of the now notorious Asymmetrical Warfare by the PLA officials, the net was suddenly flooded with 1001 bizarre and grotesque ways to attack U.S.A..
I remember one Chinese geologist suggested smuggling and burying a nuclear device deep underground (right over the fault) in San Francisco to trigger an earth quake that kills millions of Americans. Among other equally grotesque schemes are spreading foot and mouth disease among U.S. livestock (poisoning milk, water, food, etc.); hacking the NYSE and Pentagon computers to deliver a heavy blow on U.S. both financially and militarily. The list goes on and on.
Their saber rattling was so intense and heated that for the first week after the Sept 11 attack, I have trouble clearing the suspicion in my mind that the attack was actually masterminded by the Chinese military (or at least a radical faction of the PLA). On Sept 12th and 13th, I was literally waiting for the Chinese to push the button and launch a nuclear attack on U.S. soil any moment. (Thanks to U.S. technology sold to China in the Clinton era, Beijing now have at least 24 long-range missiles capable of hitting most of U.S. cities, with warheads equivalent to 5 million tons TNT.) Of course, you can laugh at my paranoia now but during that horrible week, I was really frightened. Why?
If Jiang did push the button when the U.S. was at its weakest and most chaotic moment, I believe they might have a more than 50% chance to succeed. Until today, there are still many posters on Chinese internet forums that calls Jiang a wimp and criticize their government for missing an historical opportunity to finish the arrogant U.S. devil once and for all. Fortunately, President Bushs resolve, poise and determination that prevented the country from plunging into further chaos had saved the day. Anyway, it was a close call.
Thanks to the Clinton administration, Americas military force is reduced to a state that it cannot handle two full scale conflicts on different fronts. Clintons best friend Jiang knows this too. His only concern is that a war with the U.S. at this stage is not to the best advantage of the Communist Partys stability and Chinas economy. In other words, Jiang also knows that their 24 nuclear missiles can only deliver a lethal blow to the U.S. but China lacks the financial power to fight it through victory. With the American commercial sectors like Boeing, Motorola, P&G, and other multi-national companies prostituting their national interests for business profits in China, this day will come very soon.
The Sept 11th attack on America is a God send to Jiang and his government. I must credit the old wolf for his sly and cunning maneuver --paying lip service to fight terrorism on one hand (thus avoiding direct conflict with U.S.) and trying his best to pin down the American military force in a prolonged Middle East conflict on the other.
The last thing that Jiang wants to see is a quick and effective American victory in Afghanistan. China was and still is a staunch supporter of the Taliban. They dont want to have one more pro-American neighbor after the war, especially when the Pakistani Government has apparently shifted one foot to the U.S. camp.
China doesnt want the Taliban to win either. The Chinas best scenario is that the Afghan war becomes a hemorrhage on U.S. now weakened economy and military power for the next 10 years. If the U.S. is tied down in Afghanistan fighting a politically correct and limited war; and with the help of the peaceniks and pacifists within America, this would be Jiangs dream come true.
With the imminent downturn of the US and the world economy, China is the only country in the world which can sustain a 7% to 8% GDP growth. I am not an economist, but how long does it take for China to rival the U.S. as a world leader and superpower?
Wake up and watch your back, America!
To: FreepForever
VERY informative read. Thanks, and a bump to the top!
20 posted on
11/05/2001 1:43:45 PM PST by
Gumption
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