China Rapidly Modernizes for War With U.S.

Newsmax ^ | August 2004 | Alexandr Nemets

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Not also counting our NUKE SUBS , some armed with 24 silos of missiles.

[rodguy911]

Or Florida.

[international american]

I was not speaking of military applications per se, I was speaking in general IT, high tech prowess. China is rolling in cash. Just because they don't share it with their billion plus people doesn't mean they don't have it. Practically everything you buy today(except food) is made in China, or somewhere in Asia, due to cheap labor. As for high tech, go to any electronics store in Malaysia, and you will see gadgets we don't even have yet.They had touch tone and plasma/hdtv more than 3 years before us. The average American doesn't know this because they don't travel much.

[William of Orange]

sure, but they are not gonna do it now, they will do it after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in the meantime, look for rapid modernization and technologization of their armed forces.

[TapTheSource]

Sound familiar???

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The goals and methods of Communism

Yet it seems almost incredible that any ideology could lead to well-coordinated deception on such a huge scale. Whenever the word "Communism" is mentioned, most people think of a philosophy, a political theory, an economic system, or perhaps a political party. But Communism is none of these. Before we can understand the Communist role in strategic deception and terrorist warfare, we must answer one critical question: What is Communism?

Karl Marx and V.I. Lenin are widely known as the founders of Communism. However, not everyone who professes the ideology of Marx and Lenin is a true Communist. Lenin himself defined Communism as an international organization, akin to the Mafia, whose members would constitute an elite corps of professional revolutionaries.[40] As he described it in 1902, "In form such a strong revolutionary organization in an autocratic country may also be described as a 'conspiratorial' organization... such an organization must have the utmost secrecy."[41] Shortly after seizing control of Russia in 1917, Lenin revealed the secret of Communist success in a booklet, declaring that "The Bolsheviks could not have maintained themselves in power... unless the strictest, truly iron discipline prevailed in our Party."[42] Naive believers in Marxist ideology are constantly purged from the Party, for the organization can rely only on those people blindly willing to obey orders.[43] Communism explicitly disavows all moral rules, and its members must constantly shift tactics, sometimes even carry out seemingly anti-Marxist actions, as its leadership adapts the revolution to changing circumstances.[44] Thus Communists possess the fanatic discipline needed to carry out deception on a scale beyond the imagination of most outsiders, including staging their own alleged "collapse."

The ultimate goal has been stated openly by every major Communist leader since Karl Marx: a world government dominated by the Communists.[45] Lenin described how, to overthrow existing governments, the Communists organize parallel revolutions in each country. Most of the Communist Party structure must operate underground, invisible to the larger population, while it uses both legal and illegal methods, including deception and, in Lenin's own words, "terrorism."[46] Its secret members, operating under strict orders, infiltrate the highest levels of the target government and its military, as well as the labor unions and other popular movements, the communications media, and even the anti-Communist opposition itself.[47] From these positions, the Communists can orchestrate an apparently spontaneous, violent revolution, while paralyzing the efforts of the target government to respond effectively. The confused population, unaware of the well-organized forces behind the crisis, negotiates a series of compromises leading to further instability and finally to the victory of Communism.

As growing numbers of nations fall to the revolution, it becomes possible to reunite them under a Communist world regime.[48] This is being carried out in a two-stage process. The transition step to this "new world social order," as American Communist William Z. Foster called it,[49] involves merging the newly captive nations into regional governments.[50] The Communists have explicitly worked toward creating a united Europe,[51] a united American hemisphere,[52] a pan-African regional entity,[53] and, for the Middle East, a pan-Arab regime.[54]

Marxism-Leninism, then, is not an ideology, but a strategy for achieving world revolution. Communists are the disciplined members of an international organization that uses Marxist-Leninist techniques. And terrorism is a key ingredient in the success of such revolution. To see how the entire strategy works, we now turn to an overview of Communist revolutions in action.

Wars of national liberation

Because open warfare against target governments would simply lead to defeat, the Communists always disguise their revolutions as civil wars. They camouflage their intentions by pretending to fight for the liberation of one class of people from another, using a divide-and-conquer technique against a nation's social structure. This method is referred to as a "war of national liberation," and it adapts its tactics to the unique circumstances of each country. Such a war can pit industrial workers against capitalists, as in Russia, Catholics against Protestants, as in Northern Ireland, blacks against whites, as in South Africa--or Arabs against Jews, as in Israel. The Communists do not openly identify themselves, acting instead as representatives of the supposedly "oppressed" class of people.

By painting their revolution as a spontaneous uprising of "oppressed masses," the Communists hope to convince the target population that it faces an unwinnable war rooted in fundamental social tensions. If the government is also paralyzed and cannot stop the terrorism, public morale quickly drops and the weakening government loses popular support. Believing that the revolution must eventually win, the population abandons active opposition to the terrorists and instead sues for peace at any cost. The perception ultimately becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as the government collapses altogether.

Any "war of national liberation" can be divided into seven steps:

Step 1) To establish themselves in the minds of the target population as a force to be reckoned with, the revolutionaries must first force a heavy-handed reaction by the government. Their tactics are based on a 1969 book by Brazilian Communist Carlos Marighella, the Mini-Manual for Urban Guerrillas, which has been translated and distributed to terrorists throughout the world. Marighella explained how to use such frightening violence that "the government has no alternative except to intensify repression. The police roundups, house searches, arrests of innocent people, make life in the city unbearable... The political situation is transformed into a military situation, in which the militarists appear more and more responsible for errors and violence... The urban guerrilla must become more aggressive and violent, resorting without letup to sabotage, terrorism, expropriations, assaults, kidnappings and executions, heightening the disastrous situation in which the government must act."[55]

Step 2) Having provoked a harsh reaction by the target government, the Communists now flood the Western news media with stories of government atrocities, real or fabricated. The goal is to begin isolating the government from Western, primarily American, support. The revolutionaries label convicted terrorists as "political prisoners"; they invent elaborate stories of secret prisons and "death squads"; and they hide among civilians during fighting, causing the government to kill innocent people accidentally. Such heads of state as Chiang Kai-shek of China, Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua, and the Shah of Iran have been portrayed as corrupt and repressive. The South African government has been painted as being violently racist, while the French colonial administration in Algeria and the British rule in Northern Ireland have been labeled as undemocratic. Similar publicity attacks have been used against South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Rhodesia, El Salvador, Argentina, and dozens of other nations. The news media has always cooperated in these smear campaigns, never allowing the target regime a fair chance to respond to the charges.

Step 3) The Communists can now count on the U.S. State Department to pressure the target government to begin giving in to the revolutionaries, supposedly for the sake of "human rights." The regime offers compromises, including political reforms, the release of captured terrorists, and military cease-fires, which allow the terrorists to regroup and seize territory. But the revolutionaries also increase their demands, taking advantage of the government's weakened image.

Step 4) As the government loses prestige, the Communists escalate the revolutionary violence and general unrest. They organize mass demonstrations, which agitators turn into riots. Labor unions go on strike, building toward a general labor strike that cripples the entire economy. Marxist professors in the universities indoctrinate and recruit naive youth, who join the growing ranks of Communists and terrorists. And some Communist agents even infiltrate local religious organizations, masquerading as priests or other clergy so as to neutralize opposition and recruit more people into the revolution. This can be seen, for example, in the Liberation Theology movement in the Catholic and Protestant churches, which teaches that Jesus was a Marxist revolutionary. Liberation Theology is active today in many parts of Latin America, Africa, and the far East.

Step 5) Since the Communists are only a tiny minority of the population, they must create the illusion of popular support. By waging terrorist warfare against the very people they claim to be liberating, the revolutionaries can frighten the people into passive or even active support of the revolution. In China and Nicaragua, the Communists murdered peasant farmers in rural villages; in Algeria, they maimed and killed Arab muslims; in Northern Ireland, they have killed thousands of Catholics while "kneecapping" thousands more with guns and electric drills;[56] in South Africa, they have burned to death many hundreds of blacks with "necklaces"--tires soaked in gasoline, placed around the victim's neck, and lit on fire.[57] The revolutionaries accuse the victims of "collaborating" with the government, sending a powerful message to the rest of the population not to resist.

Step 6) Now the Communists are ready to enter the final phase of their revolution. With the target government steadily losing control over the country, the revolutionaries step up general terrorist violence while simultaneously negotiating for a new government. To accomplish this, the Communists often must split their revolutionary movement into two wings: an extremely violent faction pretending to oppose any peace agreement, and a more political faction that projects an image of pragmatism. The two factions secretly coordinate their activities, carrying out a "good cop/bad cop" scenario. Frightened by the escalating terrorism of the revolutionaries, the government makes concessions to the seemingly moderate faction, hoping to discourage the forces of violence. As the Communists tighten the vise, the government bargains away its remaining strength.

Step 7) Finally, in the name of democracy and "human rights," the U.S. State Department withdraws its support from the embattled regime, using diplomatic pressure to force out the old government entirely and replace it with another. The Communists have by this time maneuvered themselves into position to join the new coalition government. Because this new regime is weak and divided, the Communists quickly move to consolidate total power for themselves. Their naive liberal allies are executed, followed by systematic mass terror against the whole population. A Communist regime has been imposed.

These seven steps describe the pattern of a war of national liberation. This strategy has been used, with slight variations, against almost every nation now under Communism, and is well under way for many remaining non-Communist nations.[58] As we have seen, terrorism is a cornerstone of this strategy.

[rodguy911]

What I see happening is china is becoming the worlds largest

mfg. giant. Even factories in Korea and other places are now

closing up due to slave labor wages in China. It's a race

for the bottom. Once most of the worlds factories have

closed how long will it take them to reopen if China gets

expansion minded.

[freedom9]

Informative link.
Ty

[TapTheSource]

"I found it odd - that once China was not held to human rights violations - all the voices speaking out on the other actions by China(South China Sea) fell silent. Money buys a lot these days"

You nailed it. That's why Red China is starting to throw its money around Latin America. This is madness, and we need to put a stop to our wishful thinking about the Eurasian Alliance, sooner rather than later.

[Cold Heat]

Yes, they have been very busy in South America and of course, Panama and the rest.

International chess in some ways, and a global trading power struggle in another.

China is the new competition, but we have seen it coming for a long,long time.

I guess that is why I am not voicing any alarms. But we do need to stay fine tuned and "up on the wheel", so to speak.

They will take advantage of any weaknesses, real or perceived. I would not expect any less from them.

One day, it may come to pass that the situation goes critical mass, but that could happen with anyone at any time these days.

America is going to be "THE" target, no matter what.

[Enterprise]

"Right now, they don't even have the capability to get an invasion force across the Taiwan Strait."

They're sending their advanced invasion force over piecemeal. Haiti, Panama, Mexico. A little here, a little there, and before you know it - D DAY! And I wonder how much in bribes and DNC donations they paid to sneak truckloads of guns and ammunition over the border into Mexico while Clinton was in office.

[TapTheSource]

"I don't think Taiwan is worth a drop of American blood. As far as I am concerned they (the Chinese) can have it."

Your thinking very much matches the thinking in our State Dept...and it's the very same reason why most of our allies no longer trust us.

[AntiGuv]

What about nanotech or fusion, if they're workable as conceptualized? Those are really the only imminent technologies that seem like they would pose an actual military threat. A three year lead on HDTV and touch tone aren't exactly dire threats..

I don't see any sign of China likely to surpass America in the tech fields that actually matter. Space tech is another, and China isn't even close. Are there any I'm missing?

Most of these things are little more than a function of economic investment, anyhow, and for all our problems we still have a far more powerful economy than does China.

I also tend to agree with the person who thinks China is more likely to collapse into civil war (or an economic bust) long before it can become a global superpower.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Statement: "...Once most of the worlds factories have closed how long will it take them to reopen if China gets expansion minded."

Response: One of the factors determining the reopening of manufactures shall be the interim loss of "know how." I have seen this effect first hand.

[JustAnotherOkie]

How do you think he balanced the budget?

[general_re]

in the meantime, look for rapid modernization and technologization of their armed forces.

With what money, is the problem. The Chinese defense budget is (literally) one-tenth that of the United States, and it's been cut by nearly 10% over the last few years, partly as a result of expanding Chinese budget deficits. If they were to embark on a crash militarization program, they'd have to do it sooner rather than later, because the longer they wait, the less likely their own people are to sit still for it.

[stefanbc]

We will see No Korea implode in the next few years followed by the great Chinese totalitarian 'democratic republic'. It will be ugly. We are encircling China via Japan, Taiwan, India, even Russia, etc. We are keeping them contained and they know it. Economically their situation is fragile, the yuan is crap for example. Politically we all know how a rigid communist system can unravel in a hurry. Bush knows all this and in ratcheting up the pressure on No Korea who will soon crumble. Talk about a weak link!

In 3,000 years China has NOOOO history of foreign conquest- none- all this fearful speculation of a military threat to anyone but their immediate neighbors is ludicrous. Historically China has NO history of long distance aggression much less massive attacks around the world. For them it's always about their borders, pushing their neighbors around, seizing territory, immediate security needs.

It serves their interests to put it out on the street that they're big bad and ready to dominate the world. Psych warfare. This is a frightened country historically after umpteen invasions and occupations by foreign powers. It's part of the famous Chinese penchant for tough negotiations and pursuing a moving target. If China dares to attack us (they will not) we will incinerate them and they know this. They are nowhere as stupid and foolhardy as has been written here, nope

But yes we prop them up economically and they know that too. WE have the upper hand in all areas, IMHO

[JustAnotherOkie]

How about 200 million soldiers?

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

How about if we give them(meaning China) - California, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Mass. etc. - And McCain - for good measure -

Freedom for just the ones certain people think worthy - ? Interesting way to look at things -

[AntiGuv]

You think China is going to invade America with a platoon of MPs from Haiti and a couple loading docks in Panama?

[TapTheSource]

"You think China is going to invade America with a platoon of MPs from Haiti and a couple loading docks in Panama?"

There is no one thing that worries me about Red China. It is the totality of what they are doing as part of the rapidly growing Eurasian Alliance (Russia, Red China, EU, Iran, etc.).