Wow, they have a Howard Dean too.
And Americans keep funding the Chicoms by buying MADE IN CHINA merchandise at their local Walmarts, Targets etc...
Lenin sure had our #
They seem to want their rice fried...
Oh yes, drag us into your pollitical cat fight by playing the nuclear card... How clever.
Wonder just where this fool thinks all our icbms and polaris missiles are targeted. Irac maybe?
China couldn't ask for a better time to try it than right now.
Don't think it couldn't happen.
I thought suicide was only a trait of the jihadists.
The title first gave me the impression Mr. Wei is an opponent of a democratic China and possibly advocates a nuclear conflict with the U.S. over Taiwan, which isn't the case at all.
While the country appears to be down on its knees from Katrina is the perfect time for America's enemies to hit us in as many ways as possible.
Well, if the Chinese ever wondered if we could handle an emergency, they now know the answer. Our underclass raises up and preys on the innocent. New Orleans has shown us an ugly truth.
OMG. I hesitate to call this to your attention, but I always listen to Bill Gertz
ping
Mr. Wei also said that social unrest is growing rapidly in China and that hundreds of demonstrations in recent months have weakened Communist Party rule.This is what it's all about, rather than a dispute over Taiwan. The commies feel threatened at home. They don't expect to see a better chance than now to catch the U.S. busy and off-guard.In Chinese history, he said, unrest has been a sign that a ruler is about to fall, prompting concern among Beijing's communist leaders.
As busy as we may be at the moment, we have lots of missiles which aren't busy. Enough missiles to ruin their whole day. They would ultimately lose both their power and their lives. Surely they aren't suicidal.
I say let them have Taiwan ....
It ain't worth American lives to defend .
We had our chance to defeat Mao and support the Nationalists back in the day . Now it's too late .
Look at the handovers of Hong Kong and Macau .
Have their been any big disasters there? I think not...
We need to be smart about this . Change China with diplomatic interactions and financial engagement. Support all pro Democracy advocates quietly and let time take it's course.
But get into a fight over Taiwan? Never....
They will need an enemy all the people have been raised to fear.
imo
Anyone who automatically dismisses this as an empty threat is a fool, IMHO.
Ping.
Noo Kyu All Wall of China?
April 30, 2001 - Russian military forces intervened in a mock nuclear conflict between China and the United States over Taiwan during strategic exercises that included Russian preparations to use nuclear weapons on U.S. forces in Asia, The Washington Times has learned.
Russian forces help China in mock conflict
Feb 2002 - China's military is covertly buying U.S. commercial satellite photographs of Taiwan that U.S. intelligence officials say will be used to target the island with the mainland's growing arsenal of cruise and ballistic missiles. Satellite photographs of most of the island are being purchased by China through a South Korean company, U.S. intelligence officials say.
Nov 2003 - In a tough statement, the Vice-Minister at Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office Wang Zaixi said Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's recent pro-separatist activities had crossed Beijing's "red line" and that they "run the risk of triggering a war" with the mainland. "War will break out if the island declares formal independence," state media on Wednesday quoted Wang as saying.
July 26, 2004 - About 18,000 Chinese troops using their country's most advanced weapons systems last week rehearsed coordinated air, sea and ground attacks on Dongshan, an island in the South China Sea that resembles Taiwan in terrain and weather.
Feb 7, 2005 - Quietly, with almost no notice taken in the U.S. media, Russia and China have just stepped up their military cooperation to a level not seen in half a century since the end of the Korean War.
Mar 8, 2005 — China unveiled a law Tuesday authorizing an attack if Taiwan moves toward formal independence, increasing pressure on the self-ruled island while warning other countries not to interfere.
June 26, 2005 - China is building its military forces faster than U.S. intelligence and military analysts expected, prompting fears that Beijing will attack Taiwan in the next two years, according to Pentagon officials. U.S. defense and intelligence officials say all the signs point in one troubling direction: Beijing then will be forced to go to war with the United States, which has vowed to defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack.
June 28, 2005 - China's decision to open up massive bomb shelters to the public, ostensibly to provide a respite from summer heat, has U.S. intelligence analysts concerned about a possible strategic deception by Beijing, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. The Chinese specialist agreed with others knowledgeable about nuclear arms that such a maneuver – opening up large fallout shelters to the public on a regular basis would serve two strategic purposes for Beijing: It would familiarize the Chinese people to the shelters, making it easier to evacuate the public in times of potential nuclear attack; It would confuse Western intelligence analysts who monitor movements of the Chinese public by satellite as evidence of the government's intentions; In addition to monitoring missile launches, U.S. national security officials keep an eye on large-scale public movements in countries like China. If, for instance, city residents were seen moving in large numbers into fallout shelters, it would be a sign the government might be preparing for an attack of some kind.
But if such massive movements became routine – because shelters are opened up in the heat of summer and in the cold of winter to provide shelters from the elements – then such movements would more likely be disregarded as militarily insignificant in the West.
"Think about it," said one U.S. intelligence source. "If you were planning, at some point in the future, to launch a pre-emptive first strike on some enemy, wouldn't it make sense to do what the Chinese are doing?"
Anyone else hear a drum beat?
If Taiwan wants to remain independent, it needs to get busy proliferating (after all, it comes down to technology, something Taiwan is really good at). Then, the article would read "China is preparing for nuclear war with the Taiwan over Taiwan, and Taiwanese leaders warn the Chinese people to change their regime or risk nuclear genocide".
If it comes down to POTUS deciding if Taiwan is worth risking LA and SF, then Taiwan is Chinese.