Posted on 07/04/2009 7:23:54 AM PDT by Flavius
China plans to extend its peacekeeping operations worldwide, said a senior military official today, as the nation completed its first joint peacekeeping military exercise with Mongolia in Beijing.
Lieutenant-General Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, said the six-day drill was the first joint peacekeeping exercise China held with a foreign nation.
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wow almost kinda desert chamo where are they going?
The exercise, including 45 soldiers from Mongolia and 46 from China, featured a six-day training and cultural exchanges at a military training base in north Beijing. The drills emulate real scenarios peacekeeping forces encounter during overseas operations.
(Getting ready for Taliban Kung Fu fight)
(Sweet civilians behind wires)
And people were worried about the possible anarchy that would result from US withdrawal from the Middle East.
China is almost ready to move into the vacuum, starting with their still-sparse infiltration of Eastern Africa. As soon as they develop a blue-water naval force large enough, we may expect the shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia and through the Gulf of Aden to become virtually free of pirates.
There will be no negotiations, and the shore bases will be scorched earth.
Their next objective may be pacification of Iran. The Chinese really, really need the oil. Plus they are unlikely to be converted to Islam, as they would have greater firepower and understand perfectly the commission of armed force. Hell, they wrote the book, Earliest known composition on strategy and war, The Art of War, was written by Sun-tzu, 325 BC.
And of course, the Arabic countries would be next in line.
We may all ultimately be practitioners of Kung Fu.
Is it not sweet how there was only 1 response to the thread.
Or threat.
Peace means the absence of violence, for a variety of reasons. Go figure.
No, Peace has many meanings to different cultures.....you are judging the world by your definition of peace, certainly not by Islam's definition, etc.
Historically, every time a country becomes an economic power it subsequently becomes a military power. China will be no different.
I hardly think this represents any sign that China will be filling any vacuum. China has no ambitions to send their young men and women in harms way to fight foreign wars. They will leave that to the Western nations. China's main goal is to guard supply routes that bring resources vital for their survival.
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