[spinestein]

"The submarine incident was put down to a "technical error" by the Chinese government, which apologised to Japan."


At least they apologized. That's the important thing.

:^?

[cynicom]

I wonder what China has in mind for the long haul...

[investigateworld]

Gee, Isn't Wal-mart Great!

[Lokibob]

PRC signed an agreement with Argentina last few days. I'll get the FR link in a second.

[Lokibob]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1281756/posts

[snarks_when_bored]

The connection, however, lies in an order issued last year by President Hu Jintao to seek secure oil supplies abroad – preferably ones which could not be stopped by America in case of conflict over Taiwan.

There are no secure oil supplies abroad that America could not interdict.

China is an enemy of America. It bears remembering.

[the_gospel_of_thomas]

Bump ... This needs to be read by everyone ... especially
the brilliant minds at CATO.

[Mitchell]

Ping.

[hedgetrimmer]

FYI

China asks Southeast Asian nations to cooperate in tapping oil
Nov 18, 2004 05:23:00 PM

Anil K Joseph
Beijing, Nov 18 (PTI) China, which is facing an energy crunch, today urged Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations to agree for "joint development" of the disputed South China Sea area so as to tap the unexploited natural resources there, including oil and gas.

"We are ready to conduct cooperation with other countries, including Vietnam in ASEAN on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit. We should actively explore how to conduct joint development work in the disputed waters of the South China Sea," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said.

Brushing aside Vietnam's reported protest against a recent bilateral agreement between China and the Philippines to explore oil around the Spratlys in the South China Sea area, Zhang said the pact was in conformity with the code of conduct signed between China and other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2002.

"It is true that China and the Philippines signed an oil cooperation agreement on jointly developing the seismic survey work in the region. The purpose of this agreement is to study and assess the oil and energy in the region," Zhang said.

"It is actually an important move for the two countries to implement the principles in the code of conduct of all the parties in the declaration of the South China Sea," she said. PTI

[however1]

I remember seen somewhere that if everyone want a living
standard equivalent to Europe, we need an additional three earth.

[patriciaruth]

Patriots FYI ping.

[dr_who_2]

The last few paragraphs are the best. Change is coming.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Wasn't it Chan Kahecik's (spelling dubious, spell check didn't help, neither the dictionary.) government in charge in China when it was made a permenent member of the UN security council? If so, Taiwan should legally be the China that controls that power.

Maybe if we boycott Wal'Mart, China won't have such a great need for oil. Buy American or don't buy at all.

[JesseHousman]

China needs a big dose of hyrdrogen energy dropped right on Beijing.

[nonliberal]

It's only a matter of time before we are at war with the Chinese.

[redfish53]

We are creating another superpower with no morals

[Spok]

I'm sure the Chinese were as disappointed as the Democrats about the election. They made huge gains due to Carter's cluelessness and were more than willing to buy nuclear and computer technology from the corrupt Clinton administration.

[SuziQ]

I read last week that China has plans to build 30 nuke plants in the next few years to meet the demand for electicity.

[hattend]

BTTT

[moehoward]

Tom Clancy "The Bear and the Dragon" Bump.