Chinese minister in Tokyo hints at retaliation over Lee visa

JapanToday ^ | Dec. 21, 2004 | JapanToday

[bruinbirdman]

TOKYO — A minister at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo hinted Monday that China may take some kind of retaliatory measures over Japan's decision to issue a visa for former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui.

"It is certain that it (the visa issuance) will have a negative effect on Japan-China ties," Cheng Yonghua, minister at the embassy, told reporters, and renewed call for Japan to cancel its decision. (Kyodo News)

Also --

Gov't urges media not to cover Lee's visit due to China's protests

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at 04:02 JST TOKYO — The Japanese government's top spokesman took the unusual step Monday of urging the media not to cover former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui's upcoming private trip to Japan because of strong protests from China over the planned issuance of a visa for him.

"It's a completely private trip and has no political implications. I'd like to ask you all on this occasion not to cover it as that could lead to suspicions about whether he has made any political comments," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda told reporters. (Kyodo News)

[eluminate]

yes I know what you mean they started treating Japanese aid infusions as something they will "think over" before they take and those military exercises that keep going into Japanese territory which they do not apologize for. Chiping away at tolerance for being stepped on.

[Smiling-Face TIGER]

Is it anything like, say.....
a situation where the US would be very upset if Japan were to give a visa to OSAMA BIN LADEN

[Dr. Marten]

As China frequently tells others..Japan should now tell China..."Stay out of our internal affairs".

[eluminate]

bad comparison. Its more or less non-recognition of people just because they come from a country that your government pretends not to see all those whom get visas are pariahs in their eyes becase they are distorting their 'fantasies'.

[Ready4Freddy]

In a word.... no.

[bruinbirdman]

"While Americans are consuming. . . the Chinese are power building."

"In the 1990's the People's Republic of China embarked on an unprecedented military buildup to modernize their armed forces, increase their qualitative functioning and put them in a position to be able to better carry out the geo-political dictates of the Red Chinese government. This necessarily includes being able to develop themselves to a point that they could credibly confront the other armed forces in the region who may stand in the way of those geo-political directives, in particularly the United States." -- Jeff Head

Find the ChiCom military plans here:

http://www.jeffhead.com/redseadragon/index.htm

yitbos

[ghostrider]

Yup! I became very concerned when I read an article in the 1990's (lost reference), which described China's three point plan of triangulation with the US in the cross-hairs. One point was research and development of high tech military equipment to complement their manpower superiority. The second point was project their forces world wide, by improving their transport and communications and filling the strategic vacuums created as the US withdrew its global forces and downsized its military. The third point was to develop an economic and industrial base to surpass that of the US which was is exporting its base.

Time is definitely not on our side. The massive hoards of Chinese soldiers and sailors are getting much better military arms and equipment. They are surrounding the United States and gaining the military high ground even in Panama. China's productive capacity is rapidly advancing on a pace to dwarf that of the US in the not too distant future. They are arming our mortal enemies such as Iran. They are accumulating massive amounts of American debt, an economic tool of war that could crash our economy and deal a fatal blow to whatever productive capacity we manage to not export. As others realize the power shift to China, they will jockey for position, favor and protection. China will eventually displace the US as the king bull in the pottery shop. It doesn't have to happen this way, but a nation of tippy toed, politically corrected eunuchs focusing on consumption, pleasure and the extermination of its Judeao Christian values will be no match for the power building yellow hoards.

[bruinbirdman]

"We can only hope that Mr. Armitage's replacement does better also."

Condi calls all the shots in foreign policy, especially commie policy.

yitbos

[investigateworld]

You nailed it, but watch for the "free trade" crowd. (None them IMHO have the slightest understanding of military strategy, in fact I doubt if any of them have combat arms experience)

[bruinbirdman]

"They are accumulating massive amounts of American debt, an economic tool of war that could crash our economy and deal a fatal blow to whatever productive capacity we manage to not export."

As to the ChiCom ownership of US debt, remember, the yawn is pegged to the buck. Right now their dollar holdings are going down as the dollar retreats. That plunge hurts the ChiComs more than us in real time.

Trying to sell billions of Treasuries only makes the price fall, those who hold still get their interest to maturity and then full value. Sellers suffer in that scenario.

Eventually, the ChiComs will have to either revalue up, or float the yawn. Then they will suffer some immediate financial problems. They are already suffering from many not so hidden stresses from their state run economy.

yitbos