Topic 31 of 96: China - next crisis after y2k?
Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (03:37) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
China may be the real "y2k" crisis.
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Topic 31 of 96 [news]: China - next crisis after y2k?
Response 1 of 6: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (03:38) * 44 lines
US naval muscle 'sends out warning'
GLENN SCHLOSS
Two US aircraft carriers have conducted exercises in the South China Sea
in a move viewed as sending a warning to Beijing as tensions escalate over
Taiwan.
In a clear show of muscle, the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Constellation and
their battle groups were deployed on Saturday and Sunday over a wide area
of the sea, much of it claimed by China.
It was designed to remind the PLA and Chinese leaders of the deployment of
two aircraft carrier battle groups in the Taiwan Strait during the 1996
crisis, analysts said.
A United States official said the exercises were deliberately conducted in
the South China Sea amid the Taiwan tensions and increasing concern over
the Spratly Islands.
"This deployment was a nice way to let our friends and potential
adversaries know that the US Navy remains committed to maintaining peace
and stability throughout the region," the official said.
Military expert Paul Beaver, spokesman for Jane's Defence Group, said:
"What we are seeing is a rerun of 1996. The US is reminding the Chinese
that it has a capability and can still do it three years later even though
it has been in Kosovo."
Taiwanese defence analyst Andrew Yang Nien-dzu said the exercises were
designed to demonstrate "the US is watching over the situation with great
concern".
"This shows that in case the PRC tries to use the military exercises
again, the US 7th fleet will repeat its actions of 1996," said Mr Yang,
secretary-general of the Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies.
The US dispatched the two aircraft carrier battle groups, which usually
comprise nuclear submarines, to monitor the PLA's firing of missiles
across the strait during the island's presidential elections.
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http://www.scmp.com/News/Front/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-19990811011022242.asp
Topic 31 of 96 [news]: China - next crisis after y2k?
Response 2 of 6: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (03:41) * 12 lines
The Chinese leadership has decided to use an appropriate degree of force
against Taiwan, possibly including the occupation of an outlying island,
should Taipei authorities refuse to abandon President Lee Teng-hui's ''two
states theory''.
Top units including the party's Central Military Commission and the
Leading Group on Taiwan have been empowered to decide on the timing as
well as severity of the military action to be taken.
Topic 31 of 96 [news]: China - next crisis after y2k?
Response 3 of 6: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (15:45) * 1 lines
*sigh*
Topic 31 of 96 [news]: China - next crisis after y2k?
Response 4 of 6: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (17:49) * 1 lines
*very big sigh*
Topic 31 of 96 [news]: China - next crisis after y2k?
Response 5 of 6: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Aug 17, 1999 (09:44) * 8 lines
Big party today, celebrating 50 years of Communism...
it'll take force...
lotsa force... to remove Chinese government's stranglehold on its people...
I just wish the Chinese people would use their own as opposed to our involvement which is certainly to be messy.
A successful revolution, while messy AND difficult, would at least give the Chinese people some sense of empowerment and accomplishment...
Meanwhile, I don't think the US needs anymore of either of those...
Topic 31 of 96 [news]: China - next crisis after y2k?
Response 6 of 6: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 15, 2002 (05:06) * 9 lines
Jiang, the old guard's civilian contemporary, is staying on as head of the world's largest military even as he relinquishes command of the Communist Party after 13 years in power. The maneuver allows him to retain an official role in China's future.
On Friday, party leaders re-elected Jiang, 76, to head their Central Military Commission, which is technically outside the government but charged by law to oversee the People's Liberation Army's 2.5 million soldiers, sailors and fliers. It wields its power through a body with the same name within the actual government.
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http://www.austin360.com/aas/news/ap/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V1166.AP-China-Military.html
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