GWB GIVES RED CARPET TREATMENT TO NEW CHICOM LEADER
Peter Slevin and John Pomfret write, concerning Red Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao’s visit to the U.S., that "Doors opened to Hu, 59, at a pace highly unusual for any nation’s second-ranking leader. In 24 hours, he saw the president, the vice president and the secretaries of state, defense, treasury, commerce and labor, as well as lawmakers on Capitol Hill and the president of the World Bank.
"Hu, a former hydrologist, is largely an unknown in China and the United States. He is expected by China watchers to become the Communist Party general secretary at the 16th Party Congress in the fall, and then to succeed Jiang Zemin as president in the spring. …
"Chinese analysts said Hu’s U.S. visit is a step in his development of the necessary credentials to become China’s next leader. He spent years in the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, served as a provincial party leader and oversaw a military crackdown as party boss in Tibet. He later rose with remarkable speed through the party hierarchy in Beijing. …"
HU JINTAO REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE HUMAN RIGHTS LETTERS
"Hu listened to U.S. concerns about human rights at each stop, including his 30-minute meeting with Bush. At a meeting Tuesday with congressional leaders, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), the second-ranking House Democrat, tried to give Hu four letters regarding China’s treatment of dissidents and prisoners.
"One letter, signed by Pelosi and Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.), asked Hu to secure the release of 25 Tibetans imprisoned during China’s crackdown in the late 1980s and early 1990s when Hu was party secretary there. Another called for the release of three prominent dissidents jailed for trying to start an opposition party."
COURTESY IS NOT COMMON TO OUR COMMUNIST ENEMIES
"Pelosi put the letters on the table in front of Hu, but the Chinese leader did not take them. She then tried to get Li Zhaoxing, the deputy foreign minister, to take the letters, but he declined as well.
" ‘It’s just a common courtesy. I thought Hu at least would have taken the letters,’ Wolf said." Source: Washington Post, 5/2/02, pp. 1, A10
MILITARY COORDINATION WITH BEIJING WILL BE RESUMED
Hu "warned that American arms sales to Taiwan could jeopardize relations."
BIG BUSINESS GLOBALISTS HAIL HU
"Earlier this week in New York, Mr. Hu was warmly embraced by many titans of American business and finance who hope to increase investment and trade with China.
"Mr. Hu has been a consummate insider in China’s Communist Party, avoiding flamboyant actions or much contact with Western officials and scholars in the past. This trip is widely seen as an important step in preparation for his ascension later this year to the leadership of the Communist Party. …
"In the only concrete result announced today, Mr. Hu and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld agreed to restore military cooperation and exchanges that have been on ice since the dispute last year over a downed American spy plane, a Chinese spokeswoman said tonight. …
"American officials were under orders not to discuss details of the visit. …
" ‘China’s leaders need good relations with the United States to achieve their larger goals,’ " said Bates Gill, a China expert at the Brookings Institution. Source: Erik Eckholm, The New York Times, 5/2/02, p. A13
Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of May 15, 2002
RED CHINA IS NOT OUR FRIEND. WHY DO GWB AND CONGRESS AID BEIJING? "As Hu Jintao – the heir apparent in Beijing – meets President Bush … it is worth asking how much real substance remains in the U.S.-China relationship. Economic ties remain strong, of course, if lopsided. The U.S. is China’s largest export market, a major source of investment and an even more important source of technology, whether licitly or illicitly acquired. … "Beijing’s top leaders are crisscrossing the globe, visiting anti-U.S. bastions such as Cuba, Iran and Libya, while trying to pry European allies away from their Atlantic ties. … "China attempted to fill the gap left by Moscow’s apostasy and become the cornerstone of an antiliberal world coalition…. "From that decision has flowed a quixotic foreign policy that embraces unsavory regimes, from Burma to Cuba to North Korea. China also supplies advanced weapons to Iraq and Iran and nuclear technology to Pakistan – and is undertaking an unnecessary military buildup that has sown suspicion around China’s periphery. … "China’s internal stability is increasingly dependent on good relations with the U.S. and other foreign powers, who pay the bills through imports and investment. Yet Beijing’s rhetoric and foreign policy continues to undercut that relationship." Source: Arthur Waldron, Wall Street Journal, 5/1/02, p. A18
Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of April 30, 2002 BOB SMITH AND JESSE HELMS ASK WHY GWB INVITES RED CHINA AND COMMUNIST VIETNAM TO SHARE OUR MILITARY SECRETS Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough report (Inside the Ring, Washington Times, 4/19/02, p. A9) that "Two Senate Republicans are asking Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to reverse a Pentagon decision to let a ‘rogue’s gallery’ of nations, as the lawmakers called them, observe the military’s up-coming Cobra Gold, a joint U.S.-Thailand exercise next month. " ‘There may be a sensible explanation for the Pentagon’s decision to allow delegations from China, Vietnam, and Cambodia to observe the upcoming Cobra Gold,’ wrote Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Robert C. Smith of New Hampshire in a Wednesday letter to the defense secretary. ‘We say "may be" but we’re having a bit of trouble imagining what it could be.’ "The two asked whether inviting communist China affords ‘a militarizing adversary the opportunity to learn how we operate.’ They also asserted, in the form of a question, that allowing the Chinese top brass to observe alongside friendly nations sends ‘a clear message that China is a "normal" country about whose behavior we are not really concerned. Won’t this merely encourage a perpetuation of that misbehavior?’ " WHY DOES DOD HONOR OUR ENEMIES AND BETRAY OUR FRIENDS? "On inviting Vietnam and Cambodia, Mr. Helms and Mr. Smith referred to the countries’ hard-line rulers. ‘By pretending that we have common security interests with the likes of Hun Sen and Viet Minh, we are at once fooling ourselves and betraying those who are struggling for freedom in those two miserable countries,’ they wrote." CLINTONISTAS REMAIN AT DOD "They say they are ‘puzzled’ as to why Mr. Rumsfeld’s staff would sign off on the recommendation from Adm. Dennis Blair, who heads U.S. Pacific Command, based in Hawaii. Conservatives view Adm. Blair, who retires in May, as soft on China."
Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of April 15, 2002 RED CHINA’S MILITARY THREAT TO TAIWAN GROWS MORE OMINOUS According to Bill Gertz, "China’s military is deploying more short-range ballistic missiles near the coast opposite Taiwan…. U.S. intelligence agencies tracked a shipment of some 20 CSS-7 short-range missiles to a missile base near the town of Yongan in Fujian province. The missiles were delivered in the past two weeks and were identified by U.S. military intelligence, the officials said. "The shipment is part of a continuing Chinese missile buildup that has raised questions among senior defense officials about Beijing’s announced commitment to seeking a peaceful resolution of its dispute with Taiwan. "Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said in an interview with The Washington Times in August that the buildup of missiles near Taiwan has been steady and is [destabilizing]. Mr. Wolfowitz said the deployments are counter to China’s announced policy of seeking a peaceful resolution of its dispute with Taiwan. ‘I don’t see that building up your missiles is part of a fundamental policy of peaceful resolution,’ he said." 350-400 COMMIE MISSILES AIMED AT TAIWAN "U.S. intelligence agencies now estimate that China has between 350 and 400 missiles deployed at several bases within firing range of Taiwan." FLIGHT TIME TO TARGETS IS MINUTES "The missiles are considered destabilizing because their flight time is so short – they can reach their targets within minutes – and there is no defense." "WISHFUL THINKING" BY BUSH CONTINUES TO RESTRICT SALE OF ANTI-MISSILE DESTROYERS TO THE FREE CHINESE "Last year, the Bush administration deferred a decision on whether to sell advanced Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers to Taiwan in the hope that Beijing could be [persuaded] to halt the missile buildup against Taiwan. … Chinese missile deployments opposite Taiwan have been continuing at a rate of at least 50 new missiles per year, defense officials have said. Additionally, the Chinese are believed to be increasing the accuracy of the short-range missile force, the officials said." Source: Washington Times, 4/2/02, p. A3 RED CHINA’S LI KA-SHING PLANS MOVE INTO TAMPA, FLORIDA "The U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Fla., may be getting a new neighbor. U.S. officials tell us Hutchison Port Holdings, the Hong Kong-based port conglomerate headed by billionaire Li Kashing, is trying to buy a new container facility in Tampa. "Mr. Li is viewed by U.S. intelligence as having close ties to China’s communist leaders. And Hutchison is part of the same company, Hutchison Whampoa, that quietly obtained long-term leases on two port facilities at either end of the Panama Canal in … 1997. The ports give China easy access to the canal and any U.S. strategic cargo that passes through – like military supplies needed in the Pacific or Europe." BEIJING COULD MONITOR U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND "U.S. security officials are worried that if Hutchison gets access to Tampa, it would provide Chinese intelligence with a close-up viewing and listening post for Central Command headquarters, where the war in Afghanistan is being directed. "Sen. Trent Lott, Mississippi Republican, set off alarms in 1999 when he wrote the Pentagon warning that U.S. ships could be blocked by the Chinese company from using the waterway. He stated that ‘we have given away the farm without a shot being fired.’ "The U.S. military has been concerned since the 1990s about communist China moving into strategic choke points around the world, using its pseudo-commercial entities as cover. The U.S. Southern Command, in charge of U.S. forces in Latin America, carried out an intelligence study in 1997 focusing on China’s efforts to obtain strategic bases at ocean choke points." JACKSONVILLE-SAVANNAH-CHARLESTON-TACOMA ALSO THREATENED "In this hemisphere, the company has port facilities in Panama; Vancouver, Canada; and the Bahamas. Other U.S. locations sought by Hutchison in its bid for a U.S. presence are Jacksonville, Fla.; Savannah, Ga.; Charleston, S.C.; Tacoma, Wash.; and Long Beach, Calif." BOSTON BOWS TO BEIJING "The port of Boston agreed in January to allow China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO) freighters to call in Boston beginning this month. COSCO was started by the Chinese military and has been used recently to ship military goods to Cuba." Source: Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times, 3/29/02, p. A9
Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of January 15, 2002 RED CHINA SUPPLIED WEAPONS TO TALIBAN Investor's Business Daily (12/27/01) editorializes that "A senior U.S. officials, according to The Washington Times on Dec. 21, 'said that a week after the terrorist attack, the ruling Taliban and the al-Qaida fighters embedded among them received shipment of Chinese-made SA-7 missiles.' "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld notes that American soldiers 'seem to have captured a good deal of Chinese ammunition.' American soldiers have found much of it in 'the caves of Tora Bora,' reported the Times...Rumsfeld says some Chinese have even been found fighting alongside the Taliban. ... "This is the same nation that denied it was selling nuclear technology to Pakistan in the 1990s, even as shipments were being seized. The same nation that denied it was spying on America's nuclear weapons labs. That denied it was giving illegal campaign contributions in the U.S. "Make no mistake about it: China is a terrorist power, as threatening to America's future as any ragtag collection of terrorists in the Middle East. The war on terrorism should not become a wall behind which evil regimes not directly responsible for Sept. 11 can hide. "China's pledges of 'cooperation' in this war are as meaningless as Joseph Stalin's conciliatory words at Yalta...A deep anti-Western animus resides in the totalitarian ideology of China, making it a natural ally with anti-American Islamic powers. Radical Islam and Chinese communism are kindred spirits in many respects. ... "Nevertheless, many members of the Western elite are as indulgent toward China as they once were toward the Soviet Union. Many would like to normalize China's abusive regime, and the war on terrorism has given them a pretext to advance this agenda, as they point to China's faux supporter for America after Sept. 11."
WILL U.S. DOLLARS CONVERT CHINESE COMMUNISTS TO COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM?
"Just as President George W. Bush gave final approval for granting permanent normal trade status to communist China, Harry Wu, perhaps the world's leading human rights dissident, strongly criticized the United States for what he considers inconsistent Western policies in dealing with dictatorships."
BUSH AND CLINTON FAVOR SUBSIDIES FOR RED CHINA, NOT SANCTIONS
"'What is America's China policy? The Americans and Europeans have an interesting idea---the idea that money can free the people oppressed by a totalitarian regime. The idea goes like this: "If we invest in the Chinese communist dictatorship, then soon they will be a thriving capitalist society and a democracy,"' Wu told WorldNetDaily in an exclusive interview."
U.S. SANCTIONS TOPPLED ANTI-COMMUNIST REGIME IN RSA
"'We also had sanctions against apartheid South Africa -- a pro-Western, anti-communist ally --because of human-rights problems. Before he left office, former President Clinton applied sanctions against the Burmese fascist dictatorship. If money can indeed change totalitarian societies, then we should re-examine our policies towards Cuba and Iraq.'"
SUBSIDIZING "SENSITIVITY TRAINING" FOR TYRANTS
"Speaking specifically about the European Union's announcement that it was creating a 'fund' to assist with human-rights issues inside China, Wu said, 'I don't think much of this action by the EU. The fund plans to train wardens and judges who serve the Chinese dictatorship. During World War II, did we train wardens and prison guards where the Nazis kept Jewish prisoners? No, the West never did this. During the Cold War, did we train Soviet wardens who ran the gulags? So then why train wardens running the logai prison system?"
BUSINESS WITH CHINA PROMOTES COMMUNISM, NOT CAPITALISM
"Wu -- who spent 20 years in a Chinese slave-labor camp -- is not convinced that the West's business relations with China are leading the communist regime towards the path of democratic capitalism.
"'When I talk to Western businessmen about their dealings with China, I raise what I feel are several important issues. First, business is not a charity. I tell Western businessmen, 'You are making money dealing with China.' From my view, Western business offers a blood transfusion of money to the Chinese government," Wu said."
AMERICAN CONSUMERS SUBSIDIZE FUTURE COMMUNIST ASSAULT ON U.S. MILITARY
"'[R]ecently, Russia received an order from the Communist dictatorship in China to buy two destroyers, destroyers that were designed by the Soviet Union to attack and defeat the U.S. Pacific fleet. Now let me get this straight. You have two communist dictatorships -- one was the Soviet Union and now, communist China. Today, Russia's government has no money. The other, China, has lots of money. Russia has no money because of her socialist economic system. China has lots of money to buy weapons because of her trade with Western businessmen. This is crazy.' ...
"'The Chinese military is using our money to buy weapons -- submarines, ICBMs and fighter jets. Imagine what the PLA will have ten years from now. Chinese spies are all around America, especially Washington, D.C. The PLA has stolen all kinds of equipment from America, including night-vision scopes. The FBI and CIA know this. It is an open secret.'"
U.S. AID TO CHINA AIDS POLITBURO NOT THE PEOPLE
"'The majority of money from trade and investment with the West is not going to better the lives of ordinary Chinese citizens. Rather, the majority of the money is going to the Chinese government in order to upgrade their military,' Wu said."
BEIJING IS A WORLDWIDE GEOSTRATEGIC THREAT BECAUSE OF $360 BILLION BOOST FROM THE WEST
"'China is the financier of most of America's enemies, including North Korea, Iraq, Libya and Iran. China is also building a new naval base in Burma and has expanded her reach into South Africa, the Panama Canal, close to the Suez Canal in Sudan and also into the Bahamas.'...
"'The West has invested $360 billion in China in recent times. This money has been used buy the communist dictatorship in Beijing to buy off dissidents and fund terrorists around the world. The Chinese problem for the West is no different than the problem with the Soviet Union. People ask me, "Why didn't people in America speak out about our business dealings with communist China?" I must answer, "Former President Clinton wanted to find financial resources for his re-election from the Chinese dictatorship."'
CHINESE REDS ARE NOT FIGHTING TERRORISM
"According to Wu, there can be no doubt that America's embrace of the communist dictatorship in Beijing as an 'ally in the war against terrorism' is a mistake that will haunt the West for generations to come....'China claims that her cracking down on Islamic separatists in the western regions is part of the West's war on terrorism. This is simply not true. I think it's clear that those seeking autonomy in western China are just like the Tibetans,' Wu said."
NAZI EXPERIMENTATION ON HUMANS —— WAS IT WORSE THAN CHINA'S?
"Wu explained that he testified before Congress about China's horrendous record for forced organ harvesting and about china's 'one-child' policy...'There is one sure way to combat China's organ harvesting. Stop the Chinese doctors who want to tend to the organ recipients from coming to America. Stop issuing them visas. Put them in jail. They are like Nazi doctors,' Wu said."
BOYCOTT "MADE IN CHINA"
"Concerning America's gargantuan importation of Chinese-made products, including toys, Wu said that the 'Chinese dissident community wanted to organize a boycott of Chinese-made goods for Christmas 2001, but we just ran out of time.'
"'It is impossible to avoid all Chinese-made items,' Wu said. 'But toys are different. Christmas gifts are given to express love. But think: Was this toy made by forced labor in a Chinese slave labor factory? If so, then this toy is a product of blood and tears. I would ask Americans to stop buying Chinese toys in order to show love to the Chinese people suffering in forced labor camps and factories.'" (Source: Anthony C. Lobaido in
WorldNetDaily.com, 12/28/01)Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of December31, 2001 RED CHINA’S TOP LOBBYIST FOR HUTCHISON WHAMPOA NAMED BY BUSH TO BE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET According to The Wall Street Journal (p. 1, 11/30/01) "Cheney hand Nancy Dorn is expected to get the No. 2 job at the White House Office of Management and Budget. With budget director Daniels at odds with Congress’ GOP leaders, Dorn offers good Capitol ties: The Cheney staffer once worked for House Speaker Hastert. Former budget deputy Sean O’Keefe also was a Cheney ally." As reported in HPISB #664, February 28, 2001, "Mrs. Dorn, whose husband was on the staff of Bob Dole, was previously hired to be national security adviser to GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert, despite the fact that she had served as a registered foreign agent for the Chinese-controlled company, Hutchison Whampoa."
BUSH OFFERS BEIJING THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIELD A NEW GENERATION OF MOBILE, MULTIPLE WARHEAD MISSILES
According to Mike Allen (Washington Post, 9/2/01, p. 1), "The United States plans to offer China an advance look at plans for testing President Bush’s proposed missile defense shield, part of an emerging effort to soften Beijing’s opposition to the plan, Bush administration officials said yesterday.
"National security adviser Condoleezza Rice said the United States will begin intensive talks over the next several weeks to try to convince China it would not be threatened by the shield and should not accelerate a buildup of nuclear missiles pointed at the United States. …
"Another administration official said that as a sweetener for China, the United States will signal that it recognizes both sides might want to resume nuclear weapons testing in the future. Such tests, now precluded by a voluntary worldwide moratorium, could allow China to field a new generation of mobile, multiple-warhead missiles. …
"A missile defense shield, a system that would allow the United States to intercept enemy missiles, is one of Bush’s most earnestly sought goals. … The administration maintains that the shield is designed not to defend against world powers such as China, but to offer protection against terrorists and rogue states such as Iraq, Iran and North Korea. …"
WILL CHINA HAVE 240 MISSILES AIMED AT U.S. - OR 2400?
"China has about two dozen missiles pointed at the United States, and scholars expect that number to increase tenfold over the next decade. Rice said that because of the ongoing buildup, opponents of a missile defense shield should not argue that it ‘is somehow going to drive an arms race.’ …
"Conservatives warned the administration against giving too much ground for the sake of the missile shield. Kenneth Adelman, who was President Ronald Reagan’s arms control director, said he disagreed with the notion that ‘if you act very sweetly toward the Chinese, the Chinese will reciprocate.’
" ‘My experience over many years of negotiating with the Chinese is that they take what you give and give almost nothing in return,’ Adelman said."
BUSH MAY LIFT BAN ON MILITARY TRANSFERS TO RED CHINA
Steven Mufson and Philip Pan write (Washington Post, 10/17/01, p. 1) that "The Bush administration, seeking to promote exchanges of anti-terrorist intelligence with China, is considering a waiver on sanctions that bar the sale of military-related equipment to Chinese security forces, government sources said yesterday.
"The U.S. move on the sanctions, which were imposed after the 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square demonstrators, would clear the way for the sale of spare parts of Black Hawk helicopters the United States sold to China during the 1980s. The helicopters are designed for use at high altitudes typical of much of China, including its border with Afghanistan."
BUSH AGREES WITH CLINTON: PRC NOW HIS STRATEGIC "PARTNER"
"The waiver would signal a further thaw in U.S.-China relations on the eve of President Bush’s departure today for Shanghai for a meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group. …
"Having come into office calling China a ‘strategic competitor,’ Bush now is focusing on Beijing as a potential partner in the war against terrorism. …"
BUSH EMBRACES "ONE CHINA"
"When Bush and Jiang meet on the sidelines of the APEC summit, the highlights are expected to include a reiteration by Bush of U.S. support for a ‘one China’ policy, which holds there is only one China and the self-governing island Taiwan is part of it. It also is expected to include a joint statement on terrorism and Chinese agreement to a U.S. request to open an FBI office in Beijing.
"The U.S. focus on terrorism will probably prevent criticism of China’s tough stance toward Uighur separatists in the largely Muslim region of Xinjiang. …
"China has denied it violated that nonproliferation agreement [reached by the Clinton administration in November] and has asked that the Bush administration lift sanctions it imposed on China Metallurgical Equipment Corp. … Sources close to the administration said the administration had urged Beijing to nationalize the company, which is a private firm with close connections to the government."
PRC’S PROMISES BROKEN WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES
" ‘Since the sanctions were imposed, there has been no real response,’ said a senior administration official. ‘They are clearly not abiding by their November 2000 agreement with the Clinton administration.’
"Administration officials are also frustrated that China has failed to fulfill a promise made in November to publish a list of missile components barred from export and establish a system for enforcing it. China might issue that list during Bush’s visit, U.S. officials said. …"
BUSH HAILS JIANG AS "GREAT LEADER"
"[S]ince the attacks on New York and Washington, the two men [Bush and Jiang] have communicated by telephone twice and, according to Chinese sources, Bush described Jiang as ‘a great leader of a great nation’ in one conversation."
COLIN POWELL SAYS RED CHINA TARGETS OUR CITIES, NOT OUR DEFENSE FORCES
"Washington: US Secretary of State Colin Powell, fresh from his talks with Chinese leaders, has said China will continue to keep American cities within striking distance of its missiles and modernise its nuclear weapons. …"
BEIJING’S STRATEGY DIFFERS FROM THAT OF MOSCOW
" ‘The Chinese have always kept a relatively small amount of intercontinental ballistic missiles and they have never viewed them the same way as [the] Soviet Union did during the Cold War when we were constantly building up,’ Powell told reporters aboard plane en route home from Shanghai.
" ‘If we put them (missiles) in SSBNS (nuclear submarines), they would put them in SSBNS. If we had a triad (missiles in the air, on land and at sea), they had a triad,’ Powell said about the Cold War with erstwhile Soviet Union.
" ‘The Chinese were never part of that competition in the same way. They built a few first strike intercontinental ballistic missiles. They were not designed to go after somebody else’s nuclear forces. They were designed to go after something of enormous value - San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle - and as long as they could do that, their nuclear forces were serving their purpose,’ he said.
" ‘It is expected that over time one would modernise such a force. Can’t keep an old force around forever. The Chinese have been working to modernise that force, which tends to make it way more stable and safe,’ he added." Source:
www.timesofindia.com, 10/24/01Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of November 30, 2001 RED CHINA TRAINS FOR INVASION OF TAIWAN AND ATTACK ON U.S. NAVY James Hackett writes (Washington Times, 8/28/01, p. A13) that "China’s President Jiang Zemin may have launched a charm offensive, but the generals of the People’s Liberation Army, in press releases and leaks over the past several months, have described how their forces are training to attack an aircraft carrier. And they leave no doubt the carrier they have in mind is American." 100,000-MAN INVASION ARMY "The PLA spent all summer conducting a huge military exercise. Their invasion army of more than 100,000 men, with extensive sea and air support, has been practicing amphibious landings on Dongshan Island, off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan. "PLA officers have been candid about the purpose. Their main goal is to train for an invasion of the Pescadores, Taiwanese islands about 100 miles from the mainland, as a warm-up for the invasion of Taiwan itself. A secondary goal, according to the PLA, is to practice attacking foreign aircraft carriers that might come to Taiwan’s aid." BEIJING’S THREE-PHASE ATTACK STRATEGY READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION "In a July report in a Shanghai paper, the PLA exercise is described as having three phases: • Phase one is information warfare, including electronic attacks on the enemy’s telecommunications and command-and-control systems. • Phase two is a series of coordinated strikes on airports and seaports, followed by amphibious and airborne assaults. • Phase three is an attack on foreign warships that might try to intervene. "This exercise involved the combined use of the PLA’s modern destroyers, SU-27 and SU-30 jet fighters, sea-based anti-ship missiles, nuclear submarines, and land-based missiles. Several articles cited the PLA as listing ways to ‘inflict heavy losses on aircraft carriers.’ First is to attack their aircraft warning (AWACs) planes with anti-radiation missiles, and then strike the carriers with anti-ship missiles launched by China’s modern Russian jets. Saturation strikes by supersonic anti-ship missiles, the articles claim, could inflict heavy damage or even sink a carrier. "The plan is to conduct simultaneous attacks on a carrier task force by aircraft, surface ships, submarines approaching from different directions, and according to the Chinese press, even ballistic and cruise missiles launched from the mainland and guided by surveillance satellites. Also, mines would be laid to block foreign warships from the Taiwan Strait. "An article in a Beijing paper described in detail the capabilities of U.S. aircraft carriers, noting their powerful ability to attack land and sea targets with more than 50 modern aircraft. But the article then says it is very difficult to defend a carrier against the new supersonic anti-ship missiles that can change course in flight. A coordinated assault by a number of high-speed anti-ship missiles coming at the same time from the air, the land and surface ships, together with missiles and torpedoes from several submarines, could prove deadly for a carrier task force, the article claimed. "Recent press reports on the four-month long Dongshan Island exercise said China’s two Russian-built Sovremenny-class destroyers, which the Chinese call ‘aircraft carrier killers,’ had fired two Sunburn anti-ship missiles in the exercise. In phase three, the Chinese forces supposedly were ‘strongly resisting U.S. intervention.’ … "Whether bluff or not, the PLA’s aggressiveness is dangerous, as the forcing down of the Navy EP-3 plane showed. The PLA is the power behind China’s civilian government. The generals keep the civilian leaders in power, and the civilians keep the generals happy. Beijing has increased military spending more than 10 percent each of the past 13 years, and 17 percent this year. But what the generals seem to want most is a free hand to blockade Taiwan and invade its offshore islands. "Today, China is ruled by more cautious civilians, who know it makes no sense to risk their huge economic gains by attacking Taiwan and the U.S. Navy. It also made no sense for Japan to attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, but the Japanese military did so anyway."
RED CHINA REPLACES RUSSIA AS CUBA’S BEST FRIEND
The China Reform Monitor reports (9/5/01, No. 406), that "The Deputy Chief of the Chinese Army’s political Department, Colonel General Yuan Shoufang, completes a four-day visit to Cuba that the Cuban state-run media calls as ‘fraternal and fruitful,’ reports Agence France-Presse. Yang’s delegation comes one month after another Chinese military delegation, led by Lt. General Qiao Qingchen, toured Cuban military installations. Gen. Qiao described that visit as ‘continuing systematic exchanges’ between the two communist nations’ armed forces.
"The two countries’ militaries are operating under an accord signed by Chinese Army commander Gen. Fu Quanyou and Cuban Deputy Defense Minister General Alvaro Lopez Miera. ‘We mutually support and help each other,’ Gen. Fu said in a television interview, ‘because we have the same objective which is the construction of socialism.’ The Cuban army is considered the largest in Latin America, with most of its out-dated Soviet-era technology currently being updated through Chinese assistance."
Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of October 31, 2001 RED CHINA AND OSAMA BIN LADEN ARE COLLABORATORS Peter Finn writes from Milan (Washington Post, 10/20/01, p. A17) that "Chinese nationals visited Osama bin Laden terrorist camps in Afghanistan after a U.S. cruise missile attack there in 1998 and paid for the right to study and remove unexploded missiles, according to a conversation between two alleged veterans of the camps that was secretly taped by Italian police. " ‘From every part of the world, businessmen who hate Americans have come to study the strategy of American missiles,’ said Lased Ben Heni, 31, a Libyan who was arrested in Munich this month on an Italian warrant. ‘In particular, businessmen have come from China. [Bin Laden] works a great deal with China. He’s got good relations with them.’ … "Aerospace technology has been a major point of friction between China and the United States. In 1999, a congressional committee accused China of stealing U.S. technology related to jet fighter guidance systems and missile technology. The United States has also pressed China to limit its missile exports. … " ‘He bargained with the Chinese and sold [missiles] to them for an enormous sum – I think 10 million dollars – but only after the sheik [bin Laden is often called "the sheik"] had studied them,’ Heni said."
GWB EMBRACES BILL CLINTON’S "STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP" WITH RED CHINA
David E. Sanger writes from Travis Air Force Base in California (New York Times, 10/18/01, p. B3) that "President Bush, who came into office just months ago talking of China as a ‘strategic competitor,’ departed for Shanghai today on a trip expected to complete a significant shift in his policy toward Beijing as he seeks to build, maintain and expand a global coalition against terrorism. …"
DOES ANTI-TERRORISM REQUIRE PRO-COMMUNISM?
"The events of the last five weeks have made it critical for Mr. Bush to develop ties with China that more closely resemble the ‘strategic partnership’ envisaged by President Clinton and once openly disdained by President Bush [says The New York Times "reporter"].
"All talk of strategic competition has been omitted from Mr. Bush’s comments, officials say, and his aides have quietly sanded away all the hard edges from the message he will deliver to his Chinese hosts in his visit, starting on Thursday.
" ‘You won’t hear much about dissidents, or Taiwan, or the dust-up with the spy plane,’ one close adviser to Mr. Bush said this week, referring to the incident last spring when a Chinese fighter hit an EP-3 surveillance plane, forcing it to land. …"
CLINTONITES APPROVE OF BUSH’S ACQUIESCENCE
"James Steinberg, the deputy national security adviser under Mr. Clinton, said, ‘You’ll never hear the words strategic competitor again.’ "
"CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS" ARE SILENT
"While conservative Republicans called for a far tougher stance against China and a shift favoring Taiwan earlier this year, they have been silent in the weeks leading up to the Asian trip, mainly, some say, because their focus is elsewhere. …"
"HUMAN RIGHTS" SET ASIDE
"The Chinese want to redefine terrorism to provide a further justification for their crackdown on Muslim Uighur separatists and Tibetan independence supporters – people who might have been known in Mr. Bush’s Washington, until a few weeks ago, as dissidents."
Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of July 31, 2001 RED CHINA’S HUTCHISON WHAMPOA HAS A GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR SEA LANE CONTROL Phil Brennan writes (NewsMax.com, 6/13/01) that "A huge, multibillion-dollar company closely tied to the Chinese army has set up operations in ports all around the world. "From Panama to the Philippines, an arm of Hutchison-Whampoa, Hutchison Port Holding (HPH), has become the world’s largest seaport operator, embedding itself in strategic seaports all across the globe. "Hutchison holds the exclusive contract to operate the Panama Canal. An animated map on the Hutchison-Whampoa Web site shows the extent of the encircling movement with seaport operations in Africa (Tanzania International Terminal Services Ltd.) in the Western Hemisphere with seaport services in [Buenos] Aires, Argentina; Freeport, the Bahamas; Veracruz, Mexico; and at both ends of the Panama Canal." BEIJING HAS A PRESENCE AT 136 PORTS "HPH’s latest acquisition, announced last month, involved eight Philippine ports. New ports in Mexico, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Tanzania and Thailand make [Hutchison]-Whampoa the world’s largest private port operator with 23 cargo berths, bringing its worldwide total of ports to a staggering 136. "Other ports include Jakarta, Indonesia; Karachi, Pakistan; India (where the company runs the cellular phone services); Burma; China; and Malaysia. There are port operations in Britain at Harwich, Felixstowe (Britain’s largest port), and Thamesport, and in the Netherlands at Rotterdam. The last acquisition has caused alarm at the European Commission. "According to the latest reports, the company is interested in locating at South Korea’s largest port, Pusan, and has finalized an agreement to operate out of Kwangyang, another South Korean port." "LOGISTICAL SERVICES FOR THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN" "The company boasts of its worldwide scope on its Web site: ‘The World of Hutchison Port Holdings covers a broad spectrum of port operations and related service companies spanning the entire globe. With operations and services ranging from container ports, mid-stream operations and river trade to cruise terminals, warehousing, haulage and e-commerce companies, HPH has become a key provider of comprehensive logistics services for the global supply chain.’ ..." PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA) IS MILITARY HAND IN COMMERCIAL GLOVE "According to a 1999 investigative report by the American Foreign Policy Council, ‘Hutchison Whampoa, through its Hutchison International Terminals [HIT] subsidiary or Panama Ports Company, has substantial links to the Chinese communist government and the People’s Liberation Army. " ‘The Panama Ports Company is 10 percent owned by China Resource Enterprise [CRE], which is the commercial arm of China’s Ministry of Trade and Economic Co-operation. 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." ’ " LI KA-SHING IS THE LINK – – – Sen. Trent Lott has described the Hong Kong firm as ‘an arm of the People’s Liberation Army.’ The company is headed by a Li Ka-Shing, the chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. Intelligence sources say he has deep connections with the Chinese Communist government. " ‘Li has invested more than a billion dollars in China and owns most of the dock space in Hong Kong. In an exclusive deal with the People’s Republic of China’s communist government, Li has the right of first refusal over all PRC ports south of the Yangtze river, which involves a close working relationship with the Chinese military and businesses controlled by the People’s Liberation Army,’ the AFP report stated." – – –AND THE FRONT MAN " ‘Li has served as a middle man for PLA business dealings with the West. For example, Li financed several satellite deals between the U.S. Hughes Corporation and China Hong Kong Satellite [CHINASAT], a company owned by the People’s Liberation Army. In 1997 Li Ka-Shing and the Chinese Navy nearly obtained four huge roll-on/roll-off container ships, which can be used for transporting military cargo, in a deal that would have been financed by U.S. taxpayers.’ "According to the Thompson Committee, Hutchison Whampoa’s subsidiary, HIT, has ‘business ventures with the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) which is owned by the People’s Liberation Army.’ " H-W’S "HIT" TIED TO "COSCO" "COSCO, which failed in a notorious Clinton-backed attempt to lease the former U.S. Naval base in Long Beach, Calif., has been criticized for shipping Chinese missiles, missile components, jet fighters and other weapons technologies to nations such as Libya, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan, the AFP report revealed." "CITIC" IS THE BANK FOR THE "PLA" " ‘In 1996, the U.S. Customs Service seized a shipment of 2,000 automatic weapons aboard a COSCO ship at the port of Oakland, California. The man identified as the arms dealer, Wang Jun, is the head of China’s Polytechnologies Company, the international outlet for Chinese weapons sales. Jun also sits on the Board of CITIC, China International Trust and Investment Corporation, the chief investment arm of the Chinese central government. It is also the bank of the People’s Liberation Army, providing financing for Chinese Army weapons sales and for the purchase of Western technology.’ "Li is also a board member of CITIC. U.S. intelligence sources have described the company as a front for China’s governmental State Council." CONTAINER PORTS IN PANAMA AND THE BAHAMAS CAN BE USED FOR TRANSFER OF ARMS AND TECHNOLOGY "Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., has stated that CITIC has been used as a front company by China’s military to acquire technology for weapons development. ... "The military intelligence report also warns that ‘Hutchison containerized shipping facilities in the Panama Canal, as well as the Bahamas, could provide a conduit for illegal shipments of technology or prohibited items from the West to the PRC, or facilitate the movement of arms and other prohibited items into the Americas.’ " CHINA ENVISIONS "ELECTRONIC PEARL HARBOR" TO CRIPPLE U.S. COMMAND AND CONTROL Al Santoli writes (China Reform Monitor, 5/29/01) that "A Chinese military ‘White Paper’ calls for the domination of East Asian, South Asian and Indian Ocean rim countries through an ‘electronic Pearl Harbor blitzkrieg,’ through use of advanced cyber warfare and electromagnetic interference technologies to cripple American military equipment and decision making process, the New Delhi Hindustan Times reports. The paper also advocates psychological warfare, use of media and undermining the economies of rival nations – principally Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and India. "Another feature of the November 2000 white paper is China’s shifting away from land-based forces along the Russia [border] in favor of PLA Navy [PLAN] and PLA Air Force [PLAF] units, stationed mainly in south China. The PLA navy share of the 2001-2002 defense budget was increased to 35 percent, the air force to 29 percent and the army was sharply reduced to 29 percent of the total defense appropriation. … "Stratfor.com reports that China is aggressively pursuing an expanded political and economic strategy in Southeast Asia and the South [P]acific, to prepare for a potential confrontation with the United States. The Sydney Morning Herald [reports] that China has opened dialogue with separatists from Indonesia’s province of Irian Jaya, with a high-level delegation of separatist leaders invited to Beijing in June. Indonesia’s central location between the Indian Ocean, the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean makes it a strategic choke point for maritime trade and naval forces." CONTROL OF SEA-LANES ALSO SOUGHT "In the South Pacific, Stratfor continues, China is expanding or developing contact with Papua New Guinea, Vanatu, Kiribati, Tonga, and the Solomon Islands. Beijing has built a new Foreign Ministry building for the government of Papua New Guinea and has begun military contacts. Beijing has also developed [a] military relationship with Tonga and has built a satellite-and missile-tracking facility on Kiribati, located within 500 miles of the main US strategic missile defense test center at Kwajelein. These islands are situated among key shipping routes. The Chinese have aggressively developed shore-based anti-ship missile systems, which could eventually be deployed throughout the South Pacific Southeast Asia." RED CHINA IS READY TO SACRIFICE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND ENTIRE CITIES TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL GOALS Terence P. Jeffrey writes (Human Events, 6/11/01, p. 6) that "If some punk in a high school cafeteria were to threaten to commit mass murder, it is right and certain, in this post-Columbine era, that the threat would rivet the attention of the proper authorities. But when a mass murder threat was issued against Americans by a Chinese military officer, it was not at all clear that our government responded properly. "The intended victims of the Chinese threat? The population of greater Los Angeles – about 16 million souls. In December 1995, President Clinton sent a U.S. aircraft carrier through Taiwan Strait. The deployment was intended to send a message: The United States still had the will and the might to defend Taiwan. "About that time, an American named Charles W. Freeman was visiting Beijing. Freeman, a retired foreign service officer, was no rookie in world affairs. In 1972, he served as chief interpreter for President Nixon when Nixon visited China. Under the first President Bush, he served as ambassador to Saudi Arabia and, before that, as U.S. deputy chief of mission in Beijing. He was a man who knew China and knew diplomacy. "And the Chinese had a return message for him to give Clinton, although they did not put it diplomatically. ‘In recent months,’ the New York Times reported on Jan. 24, 1996, ‘Mr. Freeman said he has relayed a number of warnings to United States government officials. "I have quoted senior Chinese who told me" that China "would sacrifice ‘millions of men’ and ‘entire cities’ to assure the unity of China and who opined that the United States would not make comparable sacrifices." ’ " NUCLEAR BLACKMAIL IS A COMPONENT OF BEIJING’S STRATEGY " ‘He also asserted,’ the Times said, ‘that "some in Beijing may be prepared to engage in nuclear blackmail against the U.S. to ensure that Americans do not obstruct" efforts by the People’s Liberation Army "to defend the principles of Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan and Chinese national unity." ’ "Three days later the Los Angeles Times followed up on the story. ‘Freeman was also told … Americans would not be willing to sacrifice Los Angeles on Taiwan’s behalf.’ … "[T]he man who threatened to ‘rain nuclear bombs on Los Angeles’ was the head of Chinese military intelligence, the second-ranking officer in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)." GEN. XIONG GUANG KAI ISSUED THE THREAT "On May 13, 1999, David J. Smith, who served as ambassador for missile defense-related negotiations in the first Bush Administration, testified in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Smith told the committee that the graphic threat to L.A. had been made by Gen. Xiong Guang Kai. Xiong, as Smith wrote later in Jane’s Intelligence Review, is ‘PLA deputy chief of staff and long-time PLA intelligence head.’ " BUSH INVITES RED CHINA TO OBSERVE U.S. MILITARY EXERCISES Bill Gertz writes (Washington Times, 6/15/01, p. A3) that "Chinese military forces are participating as observers in a U.S. mine-sweeping exercise near Singapore in their first joint military activity since China’s detention of 24 American service members in April. "Chinese military observers were invited to what the U.S. Pacific Command is calling the Western Pacific Mine Countermeasures Exercise, which began Monday in waters near Singapore. ... "The mine-sweeping exercises, sponsored by the Singapore government, are the first practiced jointly by U.S. and Singapore navies, with 14 other nations participating. ..." BEIJING GAINS VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE TO PENETRATE TAIWAN’S PORT DEFENSE "Some Pentagon officials are concerned that the exercises will provide China’s military with valuable intelligence on how the United States clears the sea of mines. "That information would be useful in the event of a conflict between the United States and China over Taiwan, where defeating mine defenses would be a key objective of Chinese military forces. " ‘Taiwan’s defense depends on laying mines,’ said one official. ‘What the Chinese could learn from these exercises is how better to "liberate" Taiwan.’ ..." TAIWAN EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATION "A Pacific Command spokesman had no immediate comment on whether Taiwan’s navy was invited to take part in the mine-sweeping exercises. "However, Taiwan’s military has been deliberately excluded in the past from multilateral exercises based on a U.S. policy aimed at avoiding any activities that would upset Pentagon efforts to develop ties with the Chinese military. ... "In contrast, the U.S. military has never been invited to take part in any Chinese military exercises, although observers have attended staged military demonstrations." RED CHINA IS GAINING ON U.S. MILITARILY Charles R. Smith reports (NewsMax.com, 6/20/01) that "According to a newly released Rand Corp. report, China’s military is narrowing its technology gap with the U.S. armed forces using U.S. commercial technology. Beijing is developing advanced systems and its military capabilities may approach or equal the United States in some areas, the study says. "The Rand study, ‘The Military Potential of China’s Commercial Technology,’ states: ‘Potential theaters of conflict between China and the United States in the future may constrain the forces and capabilities the United States is able to employ. The U.S. military, including the U.S. Air Force, must prepare for the possibility of conflict under such conditions with a Chinese military that by 2020 will be significantly more advanced than it is at present.’ " ‘Although export restrictions may limit access to some items, China is nonetheless able to take ... advantage of various new technologies that are commercially available. They can’t compete with the U.S. military across the board, but if they can pick niche areas, they can make life more difficult for us.’ ..." ACCESS TO "DUAL USE" TECHNOLOGY MAY YIELD A HIGH-TECH PEARL HARBOR "According to Al Santoli, national security adviser to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., ‘the Rand report underscores the "great leap forward" of China’s high-tech military modernization, that now rivals U.S. capabilities.’ " ‘It also shows the serious undermining of U.S. national security due to relaxed restrictions on export of dual-use technologies. The Chinese threat of a "high-tech Pearl harbor" is well within their reach,’ stated Santoli. ... " ‘There is a report out on PRC research into Quantum computers. Some recent U.S. research notes that light-based Quantum computers could be a billion times faster than current supercomputers. Could the PRC make real breakthroughs in this area that would facilitate innumerable other breakthroughs?’ asked the source, who requested not to be identified. " ‘A more recent example is the speed with which the PRC absorbed micro-satellite tech from the British. Less than two years from the signing of the co-development contract to the launching of the Tsinghua-1 microsat. That’s scary,’ noted the source. ... "According to Jack Spencer, a defense analyst and fellow at the Heritage Foundation, the Chinese military is preparing itself for a future war with America. " ‘Of course China is narrowing the technological gap. They are in the midst of a major military buildup that is driven by the belief that the United States will be its primary future competitor,’ stated Spencer." U.S. TECHNOLOGY MIRED IN THE 1970’S " ‘The United States continues to rely largely on 1970’s technology. Even America’s most modern fighter/bomber, the F-117, was first deployed nearly 20 years ago. What’s more, the United States relies solely on the aircraft carrier for power projection (unless you count the 21 B-2’s). And is completely dependent on its unprotected space-based assets and growing information networks." WHO WILL CONTROL SPACE? " ‘This allows China to put its modernization thrust behind the few technologies that they think will undermine America’s homogenous power projection and undefended space-based information networks,’ noted Spencer. " ‘So if they can come up with a way to stop the carrier and/or blind a satellite, they have effectively stopped the American military, at least as it stands today. And that is why they are investing heavily in laser technology and advanced cruise missiles. ... " ‘While the carrier will remain the backbone of U.S. power projection, its effectiveness could be greatly enhanced if combined with long-range precision strike capabilities. This may come in the form of more B-2’s or the arsenal ship or something else. More than likely, it will be some combination of new technologies and platforms.’ " DEFENSE OF U.S. SPACE ASSETS ESSENTIAL TO POWER PROJECTION "Spencer also warned of a newly developing scenario, in which a Chinese attack on a U.S. satellite could trigger a conflict between the two nations. Chinese intelligence officials threatened to shoot down a U.S. satellite in January, stating that the U.S. reconnaissance spacecraft were a threat to Chinese sovereignty. " ‘The United States must acknowledge that its space assets will eventually be targeted by hostile powers and that it must develop a modern space national security policy now that combines defense of space assets with the ability to rapidly replace assets that have been compromised,’ warned Spencer." RED CHINA’S THREAT TO TAIWAN GROWS MORE OMINOUS Georgie Anne Geyer writes from Taipei (Washington Times, 6/15/01, p. A19) concerning the U.S. $4 billion arms sale to Taiwan that the "real threat here is no longer the direct amphibious attack of the past. Today, the real threat is one of gradual neutralization of this thriving, democratically governed island of 23 million, which would be accomplished through the sophisticated destruction of the island’s radar, command posts, airports, ports, fuel depots and power plants. Beijing would try to destroy the Taiwanese people’s will to resist, all the while building on policies designed to keep the United States from aiding the island, and then call for negotiations, which it would command. " ‘If you look at China’s overall policy toward Taiwan, you see advanced weapons of all kinds,’ Dr. Joseph Wu, military analyst at Chengchi University here, told me. ‘They have presently deployed 300 short-range missiles on the coast facing toward Taiwan, and they are adding 50 every year. With 300 missiles, they might not destroy Taiwan – missiles dig huge craters in the ground about 60 feet wide – but our leaders are worried that by 2005-2006, the tilt will be toward China’s side. " ‘Today, China’s thinkers have a common theme and scenario: Blockade the island and, with the missiles, take out the communications and military lines, paralyze the ports and airfields (we only have two international airports), all of which they could overtake quickly. They are now playing with asymmetric warfare – information warfare, cyber warfare. This is the "new security concept." ’ " IS BEIJING STRANGLING TAIWAN’S ECONOMY? "Due to the transfer of manufacturing facilities and international competition from China, unemployment in Taiwan has jumped to around 8 percent, reports China Online News. In a continuing trend, some 4,900 Taiwan plants shut down their operations last year. It is estimated that more than 140,000 Taiwanese have lost their jobs due to the movement of Taiwanese production lines to China. When China and Taiwan enter the World Trade Organization, Taiwan is expected to lose an additional 150,000 jobs. ‘Rather than any military threat from China,’ China Online concludes, economic competition with China is the greatest challenge Taiwan faces in the years to come.’ " Source: China Reform Monitor, 6/20/01 CHINESE REDS BUY U.S. TECHNOLOGY FOR USE IN MISSILES AND SATELLITES Bill Gertz writes (Washington Times, 5/24/01, p. 1) that "Federal authorities have uncovered a major Chinese technology transfer program that illegally purchased thousands of U.S. radiation-protected computer chips for use in Chinese missiles and satellites. "The military-related technology-buying program was revealed in court papers released in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month after a raid on a Chinese company involved in selling ‘radiation-hardened’ integrated circuits to Chinese government missile and satellite manufacturers, including several that were sanctioned in the past by the U.S. government for their missile sales. "The company, Means Come Enterprises, Inc., is under investigation for ‘illegally exporting radiation-hardened integrated circuits to [the People’s Republic of China] without the required [Commerce Department] export licenses,’ according to documents obtained by The Washington Times. "Three illegal diversions of the missile microchips by Means Come are described in a 27-page affidavit produced by the Commerce Department’s Office of Export Enforcement before a search of the company’s Orlando offices. … "The raid on the Orlando company took place the same day FBI agents arrested two Chinese nationals and a third man for stealing Lucent Technologies software codes and selling them to China. According to Commerce export agent Roy A. Gilfix, who wrote the affidavit in support of a federal search warrant, Means Come sold China 2,316 embargoed integrated circuits in shipments in February, May and November 1998. The chips were made by Harris Semiconductor, a Melbourne, Fla., subsidiary of the Harris Corp. …" U.S. POLICY: STUPIDITY OR TREASON? "A month after the export license was rejected, Kao Ahwan, a Chinese national, and her husband, Kao Shuli, opened the Orlando office of Means Come and bought the 7,200 Harris computer chips from Atel Electronics Corp. in New York. Means Come paid $679,000 for the chips, which were sold by Atel for use only in the United States. "However, Means Come exported the circuits without a license in three shipments in 1998, the affidavit states. ‘Means Come Enterprises’ customer, the Great Wall Industry Import and Export, is a state-owned corporation in China’s defense aerospace industry,’ the document said. ‘It develops strategic and tactical ballistic missiles, space launch vehicles, surface-to-air missiles, cruise missiles, military reconnaissance and communication mission and civilian satellites.’ … "One company executive, Francis Chan, was questioned by Commerce export control agents and told them the company recently sought to purchase ‘U.S.-origin nuclear electronics for export to the PRC.’ … "The company also brought officials from China’s state-run China Aerospace Corp. to the United States for inspections of technical equipment at its Orlando offices. The affidavit states that China Aerospace ‘specializes in various space products, such as satellites, missiles, launch vehicles and ground support systems.’ " AT MINIMUM, COMMIE SPIES SHOULD BE DENIED VISAS "Gary Milhollin, weapons proliferation specialist and director of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, said the chips have military applications and could be used by the Chinese military to ‘improve their ability to target U.S. cities with long-range missiles.’ "Mr. Milhollin said the Bush administration should reverse the Clinton administration policy of ‘looking the other way and refusing to put Chinese companies like the Chinese Academy of Space Technology, CATIC, and China Aerospace Corp. on a special government watch list.’ " WILL BUSH ENFORCE SANCTIONS ON BEIJING AS IS REQUIRED BY LAW? Bill Gertz writes (Washington Times, 6/12/01, pp. A1,12) that "China is shipping arms and explosives to Cuba in a sign of increased military cooperation between Beijing and Havana, The Washington Times has learned. "At least three arms shipments were traced from China to the Cuban port of Mariel over the past several months. All the arms were aboard vessels belonging to the state-owned China Ocean Shipping Co. (Cosco), according to U.S. intelligence officials. … "One of the cargoes was described as dual-use explosives and detonation cord. The explosives were said to be ‘military-grade’ material. The latest shipment took place in December. That arms delivery coincided with the visit to Cuba in late December by China’s military chief of staff, Gen. Fu Quanyou. Gen. Fu signed a military cooperation agreement with Havana aimed at modernizing Cuba’s outdated Russian weapons. "The arms shipments to Cuba could lead to the imposition of economic sanctions on China and Cosco, according to U.S. officials. "A 1996 amendment to the 1962 Foreign Assistance Act requires that economic sanctions be imposed on any nation or company that provides lethal military assistance to a nation designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. Cuba is on the State Department’s list of nine nations designated as supporters of global terrorism. "Sanctions would disrupt a major portion of the U.S.-Chinese shipping market controlled by Cosco, whose business lines include port terminals and warehousing, insurance, real estate and hotel management. "Cuba has been increasing its ties to China in recent months. In April, Chinese President Jiang Zemin traveled to Havana and signed agreements worth about $400 million in loans to Havana. "Other Chinese activities in Cuba include electronic eavesdropping on the United States and Chinese government radio broadcasting, according to U.S. officials familiar with intelligence reports. China also recently agreed to modernize Cuba’s telecommunications network. …" COSCO IS OWNED BY BEIJING – NO PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY "Wei Jiafu, Cosco group president and chief executive officer, told reporters and editors of The Washington Times on June 2 that the shipping line has no connection to the Chinese military and is only interested in making money. … However, the shipper’s only shareholder is the Chinese government. "Mr. Wei and other Cosco officials were in the United States to meet port officials in Massachusetts, where they had reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Port Authority to begin a weekly shipping service between Shanghai and Boston beginning next year." COSCO ADVANCES RED CHINA’S ANTI-U.S. MILITARY OBJECTIVE "Cosco has been linked in the past by U.S. intelligence agencies to illegal smuggling and international arms trafficking. James Mulvenon, a China analyst with the RAND Corp., said that the Chinese Communist Party’s military organ approved establishment of Cosco as an arm of the Chinese navy in 1985. Mr. Mulvenon stated earlier this year, in his book ‘Soldiers of Fortune,’ that Cosco’s establishment ‘legitimized the use of navy ships for civilian shipping and thus provided a legal cover for the navy’s smuggling.’ … " ‘Cosco is the merchant marine arm of the PLA Navy,’ [former House committee investigator Edward] Timperlake said. ‘If the Chinese military ever mobilized troops for action against Taiwan, Cosco would be part of the operation.’ Cosco ships would provide arms and logistics support for Chinese military operations, U.S. officials said."