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Flash Point Taiwan Straits
eDefense ^
| March 2005
| Kenneth B. Sherman
Posted on 01/11/2006 8:05:58 PM PST by Jeff Head
In May 2004, a flotilla of Chinese warships sailed slowly down the length of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor in an effective show of force. Officially, the People's Liberation Army described the visit as "an event to honor the PLA Navy's 55th anniversary." Clearly, the subtext was that the People's Republic of China (PRC) was striding confidently on the world stage. This display the first since the colony's return to China in 1997 came as pro-democracy advocates were grumbling about Beijing's clamp-down on any appearance of self-determination for the former British colony. Two guided-missile destroyers (Shenzhen and Harbin, Sovremmenyy-class guided-missile destroyers purchased from Russia), four guided-missile frigates, and two submarines with their crews standing topside in dress whites demonstrated China's military strength.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chicomms; china; india; jeffhead; peoplesrepublic; pla; prc; risingseadragon; roc; rocn; taiwan; thedragonsfury; worldwariii
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Though a little dated (March of last year), this is an excellent article, and one I didn't even know I had been quoted in it.
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01/11/2006 8:06:00 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
To: Wiz; HighRoadToChina; Tailgunner Joe; Gengis Khan; NormsRevenge; TigerLikesRooster; Travis McGee; ..
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:09:57 PM PST
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Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: All
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:11:34 PM PST
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Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: snowsislander; Bald Eagle777; F15Eagle; AmericanInTokyo; GOP_1900AD; yonif; tallhappy; Paul Ross
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:15:30 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Jeff Head
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:21:33 PM PST
by
Tailgunner Joe
(http://www.freerepublic.com/china/)
To: Jeff Head
To: Jeff Head
Way to go Jeff! Right in one of the top paragraphs too!
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:41:36 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:46:15 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: snowsislander; Tailgunner Joe
And here's a BTTT to you both too!
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:46:53 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Jeff Head
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:50:58 PM PST
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Eagles6
(Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: Jeff Head
Thanks for the ping, Jeff.
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posted on
01/11/2006 9:17:56 PM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: Eagles6
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01/11/2006 9:41:36 PM PST
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Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: F15Eagle
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posted on
01/11/2006 9:41:50 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: tallhappy
You are welcome my FRiend.
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01/11/2006 9:42:08 PM PST
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Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Jeff Head
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01/12/2006 4:02:42 AM PST
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gaijin
To: Jeff Head
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posted on
01/12/2006 4:42:07 AM PST
by
Jacquerie
(Democrats soil institutions)
To: Jeff Head
Jeff, interesting article, but the economy will probably break before 2008. The bad debts are estimated at around 35-50 percent of the Chinese GDP. No country can survive that. Perhaps something will happen already at the end of 2006 as (according to Stratfor):
"But the dawning problem is that China is not in its own little world: It is now a World Trade Organization member, and nearly half of its GDP is locked up in international trade. Its WTO commitments dictate that by December, Beijing must allow any interested foreign companies to compete in the Chinese banking market without restriction. But without some fairly severe adjustments, this shift would swiftly suck the capital out of the Chinese banking system. After all, if you are a Chinese depositor, who would you put your money with -- a foreign bank offering 2 percent interest and a passbook that means something, or a local state bank that can (probably) be counted on to give your money back (without interest)?"
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01/12/2006 6:09:42 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
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