Posted on 05/30/2005 7:32:38 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Sources in Delhi said the recent visit to India of Chinese People’s Liberation Army Chief of Staff General Liang Guangli was aimed at working on an improved protocol described as "confidence building measures" between the two militaries, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
This is the first visit of a Chinese chief of staff in seven years. It is assumed by intelligence analysts that the Chinese and Indians are developing a protocol to prevent of accidental use of WMDs.
But what if it is more than that?
The warming of relations between China and India, the world's two biggest nations, is giving intelligence analysts in the West nightmares.
India, whose population is expected to surpass China's 1.2 billion some time in the next decade or two, has stopped eyeing Beijing as enemy No. 1.
In one of his meetings earlier this year with a top Indian official, the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, is reported to have remarked: "When we shake hands, the whole world will be watching."
Indeed he was right.
Together, the populations of the two giants equals more than a third of all the people on earth.
Without worrying about a threat from India, China is free to consider expansionist policies including, but not limited to, a move against Taiwan.
Separately, both China and India are becoming economic powerhouses. Together, acting in concert, they can make each other stronger – and the leaders of both nations openly acknowledge their preferences for cooperation rather than confrontation in what is being characterized as the dawn of the "Asian Century."
You are welcome. All of the recent news about strategic economic agreeemnts, Sino-Indian dominance in technoilogy in the next 20 years, joint military exercises, largest free trade zone, etc. are not just blowing in the wind. We had best be wary and making moves of our own with the Indians IMHO that are stronger and more appealing than what the Chinese are offering.
Agreed...we better move directly and forthrightly...and quickly, to revers the trends, particularly as regards the Chinese.
FYI.
Well formed statement.
Well formed statement.
Why does WingNutDaily seem more and more like a fiction site?
Excerpt from Mein Kamph...Seventeen years before attack on Russia... For Hitler, the inevitable assault on Russia was to be the culmination of a long standing obsession. He had always wanted Russia's industries and agricultural lands as part of his Lebensraum or 'living space' for Germany and their Thousand Year Reich. Russia had been on Hitler's agenda since he wrote Mein Kampf some 17 years earlier where he stated: 'We terminate the endless German drive to the south and the west of Europe, and direct our gaze towards the lands in the east...If we talk about new soil and territory in Europe today, we can think primarily only of Russia.....
Russia was always his goal, Stalin knew it and "professed" his friendship for Germany. It was all a charade.
Hitler cleared his rear area and Stalin knew he was next.
Anyone that "befriends" China should read recent history.
Guess we will have to build more Minuteman missiles for starters.
Faux Pan-Asian Solidarity Paranoia alert
"How long before China pulls the economic chain and flushes us?"
Well, you just hold your breath on that one will ya?
Well for one, the new 'Chinese' restaurants would suck - and secondly our dry cleaning would smell of curry.
No offense, just a joke.
"We, the US, need to be much more proactive in keeping it from happening by forging our own closer ties with Inida IMHO."
Agreed. A number of factors cause me concern.
If Pakistan and India go to war, would China be drawn in on India's side? Would the US be drawn in on Pakistan's side? This possibility is all too real, IMHO. And what are the chances of a nuclear exchange with all 4 countries having nuclear capability?
It seems like the situation is a tinderbox waiting for a match.
GOP to nominate Hillary in 2008.
Nah.
Nothing muich is likely to come outta this partnership, IMHO.
Many within and outside India realize that India and China are strategic rivals in the long term, not strategic partners. India's best chance of a longterm strat partnership is with the US and IMO it's likely to be a mutually beneficial relationship.
Ah, time for the weekly pants-wetting China panic article.
People mistake diplomatic glad-handing and press releases for real deep-rooted alliance all the time.
I'd be surprised if an incompetent twit like Farah actually knows or regularly talks to REAL "intelligence analysts" rather than pretend ones like Farah.
Because it's primary goal is to tell people what they want to hear.
And no, contrary to popular opinion, people don't want to be told good news. That want to be told bad news that supports axes they want to grind.
Recently a friend speculated about China somehow calling in its loans to the US. Well, the US government does not owe debts that are callable by the creditors. It issues bonds, and the US gov't is in the driver's seat when it comes to those bonds. If there are any callable bonds, they are callable by the US government.
What we are doing with our trade with China may be akin to selling off inherited wealth to buy stuff and becoming indebted for consumer goods, but none of this (by itself) puts China in control of us. If anything, China becomes invested in our continued ability to repay these debts. If China starts a war and we end up on the other side, the first thing our governmnet will do is seize Chinese assets, including China's US bonds. Being the generous folks we are, we would probably let them have the bonds back after the war (if we win), and start paying interest again. Heck, we would probably pay interest into escrow accounts and pay the interest after the war, along with rebuilding their country.
The only problem with this analysis is that it presumes that China's leaders are rational or reasonable. If their power is ever threatened by domestic unrest, and they need a war (say, a quick victory against Taiwan) to sew up support, then all best are off. Holding power comes above all else. I would not count on Chinese leaders to ever do what Gorbachev and his ilk did, letting go of power.
Right O! Press briefings are just meant for public consumption, your everyday pair of rose-coloured glasses. Behind the scenes, the ones who control India's levers and cranks know their real enemy is China, and will act accordingly. India is not expanding its military to hunt foxes. Likewise with China.
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