Posted on 04/28/2004 4:10:39 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
The Chinese Army has just completed a series of Information Warfare combat exercises and the results do not bode well for America.
The Info-warfare Group Army, attached to the Beijing Military Area Command, launched a series of "Red Force v. Blue Force" exercises during April that showed that China could indeed score a success against a superior western Army.
According to the PLA Daily, the official media outlet for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, "the group army joined hands with the research institutes to develop a simulated communication confrontation training system by using computer network, multimedia and virtual technology."
"The "Red Army" launched several waves of attack by adopting different offensive tactics. "Electromagnetic killers" directed precision strikes at its adversary's (the "Blue Army") "soft" and "hard" targets, as a result, its adversary's communication systems were soon paralyzed," states the April 27th, 2004 issue of PLA Daily.
The Chinese Army has made it clear in its recent publications that western computer technology is critical for its modernization program.
"The symbol of the transformation will be a qualitative change of PLA's fighting power. The level of IT (Information Technology) application in armaments is the key factor in the transformation. The transformation of armaments, from scale production at the stage of mechanization to conceptual research, small serial production and keeping in reserve the capability of production at the stage of IT application, must be based on modern technologies, particularly on information technology," states a recent high level publication from the PLA Central Military Command.
Despite the growing clouds of war coming from Beijing, Washington appears to be unconcerned about the PLA use of American computer technology.
MADAM WU - QUEEN OF PLA SPY NETWORK
President Bush and Commerce Secretary Donald Evans met with Chinese Vice Premier Madam Wu Yi last week on trade issues such as advanced U.S. computer technology. Commerce Secretary Evans promised to ease curbs on exporting computers and other technology that could be used in Chinese weapons development.
Madam Wu later spoke at a dinner sponsored by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S.-China Business Council. Wu stated that Vice President Dick Cheney raised the possibility of helping China construct nuclear power stations, during his recent visit to Beijing.
According to Wu, America has very advanced nuclear technologies and China "absolutely welcomes" a U.S. role in helping with development in that sector so long as the United States sticks to its commitments.
Wu also stated that China suffered big losses years ago when the U.S. government terminated satellite launch contracts that had been reached between American companies and the Chinese government.
MADAM WU AND COMPUTERS FOR WAR
Madam Wu should know about "big losses" because her rise to power inside the communist government is based on espionage and lies. Madam Wu, in her former post as minister of MOFTEC - (Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation) oversaw the export of advanced U.S. computers directly to PLA weapons labs.
In December 1997, U.S. Commerce officials sought permission to inspect Xian Jiatong University prior to the export of a high performance computer made by Digital Corp. (DEC). Commerce inspectors wanted to verify the Chinese university was not in violation of U.S. export control laws but were denied access by MOFTEC.
In a letter written to Liu Hu, Director General for Science and Technology of MOFTEC, U.S. Commerce Department officials noted that they were not given permission to perform the license check.
"We were disappointed at MOFTEC's decision not to allow an on-site end use check and refusal to permit an Embassy representative to travel to Xian Jiatong University at the university's invitation.... Because we were unable to work through MOFTEC, we gathered information on the end-user through other sources and have approved the license."
It remains undisclosed what the officials meant by "other sources," but it appears the Department of Commerce is only too willing to help Beijing save face rather than comply with a congressionally mandated law requiring inspections be performed.
In addition, the December 1997 letter to MOFTEC's Liu Hu reminded the Chinese government of the requirements that U.S. representatives do a "post" export follow-up inspection.
However, U.S. Commerce officials were reduced to seeking "help" from the Chinese communist government in performing the post export inspections and sought another meeting to discuss the issue.
U.S. intelligence sources confirmed that the computer exported to Xian is being used by the PLA to perform biological and chemical weapons research.
MADAM WU VIOLATED TRADE TREATIES
In January 1998 the Commerce Department again contacted the Chinese government, seeking approval for verification inspections. The Commerce Department arranged for Bureau of Export Administration Chief Counsel, Hoyt Zia, to meet with China's MOFTEC to discuss the denied pre and post export checks on U.S. super-computers.
Commerce counsel Hoyt Zia's meeting in January 1998 with China's MOFTEC official, Zhou Ruojun, failed to obtain Chinese permission for the inspections. Commerce documentation of the meeting noted that the Chinese denied all end use inspection checks. Chinese MOFTEC officials argued that there "was no formal agreement between the two governments on conducting these checks."
The Chinese delegation also claimed that a 1983 U.S. trade letter agreeing to the checks "was unsigned" in the Commerce December 1997 complaint letter. MOFTEC's Zhou considered the matter "inappropriate" because the letter was unsigned.
Things have not changed since 1998. A Feb. 2004 report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) stated that China still does not adhere to treaties it has signed and continues to violate agreements it promised to uphold.
According to the GAO report, China is still refusing to allow inspections of exported "dual use" equipment to verify that they are not being used for military purposes. Dual use items require a license for export and verification inspections by U.S. law because they can be used for military purposes.
MADAM WU AND NUCLEAR ESPIONAGE
The Xian computer is not the only time the Madam Wu led MOFTEC in successfully acquiring advanced U.S. computers. In 1996, American computer maker SUN Computer Corp. exported a super-computer directly to a Chinese Army nuclear weapons lab with the help of MOFTEC and Madam Wu.
According to the Cox report, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) explained that the actual buyer of the computer was the "Yuanwang Corporation" and that Sun was aware of "this corporation's PRC military ties."
Sun would later pay a record fine for knowingly exporting the super-computer to a PLA nuclear weapons lab.
Madam Wu made sure that MOFTEC was directly in business with the Chinese military. A 1999 special congressional report states that MOFTEC assisted Chinese military espionage operations by erecting front companies owned by the People's Liberation Army MID or Military Intelligence Department.
"China Resources Enterprise [CRE]... is the commercial arm of China's Ministry of Trade and Economic Co-operation [MOFTEC]," note the Congressional report. "In its investigation into China's attempts to influence the 1996 U.S. presidential campaign, the U.S. Senate Government Affairs Committee identified CRE as a conduit for 'espionage - economic, political and military - for China.' Committee Chairman, Senator Fred Thompson said that CRE has 'geopolitical purposes. Kind of like a smiling tiger; it might look friendly, but it’s very dangerous.'"
MADAM WU PROMOTED
Madam Wu obtained a promotion for her success and the smiling tiger that is the Chinese Army continues to import U.S. made computers for war. Madam Wu is now Vice Premier and the PLA is hosting an arms trade show with U.S. companies in attendance.
The exhibition of "China Military Logistics 2004" recently opened in the Beijing Exhibition Center. The exhibition involves products of over 170 manufacturers from 25 countries and 140-plus domestic producers.
General Liao Xilong, member of the Central Military Commission, director of the General Logistics Department of the PLA attended the opening ceremony and visited the exhibition.
"The exhibits cover all kinds of logistics equipment and involve several technical fields. The logistics equipment exhibited by the domestic participants are mainly new backbone equipment of the PLA, reflecting the features of systematic, matching, high-tech and suitable for field war. Exhibits from the US, UK, Germany and Russia are also rather modern and systematic, and suitable for field war," states the PLA Daily.
"For example, the visible logistics information technology equipment from the U.S. and the beach POL supply system represent the advanced level of the world's military logistics equipment technology."
Yeah, that's right. And I could indeed score a success with Jennifer Aniston too!
Jim Quinn Interview with" Insight" writer
May 22, 1997 transcription/links by Rodger Schultz
Universal Syndicate
May 27, 1997 Georgie Anne Geyer
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Well I know that the Department of Commerce cannot talk. Only the people employed there can talk. So who might those employees be? One was (is?) William A. Reinsch, Clinton's Under Secretary for Export Administration Commerce Department
From the Weekly Standard, June 1, 1998, "Clinton's China Commerce," by Matthew Rees
"But Reinsch has effectively made the bureau a servant of Commerce's central mission: unbridled export promotion. His motto is 'Yesterday's adversaries are today's customers.' This mentality has led Commerce to minimize the danger of sharing sensitive technology with countries like China. The Pentagon concluded last year that 'United States national security has been harmed' by the assistance American aerospace companies have provided to China. Nonetheless, Reinsch was apoplectic when the House overwhelmingly voted on May 20 to block further exports of U.S. satellites to China: 'We're talking about the potential loss of major contracts,' he whined to the Wall Street Journal. 'It could really complicate people's lives.'" [end excerpt]
http://www.fas.org/news/china/1998/h980618-prc11.htm
http://www.softwar.net is good at foiaging, Freedom of Information Act requests, and has lots of documents on Reinsch, et al.
google, site:www.softwar.net Reinsch
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