Friday, August 18, 2006
Chinese Ambassador: “Better For The US To Shut Up”
Edmonton Sun August 17
IMO: It is not immediately clear that this comment is relevant and why. Better for whom? US is now incapable of building a modern warship. It relies on China to do so for it. China’s 2.3 million member People’s Liberation Army is the world’s largest fighting force and Beijing has alarmed its neighbours with double-digit percentage increases in military spending nearly every year for a decade.
U.S.-China military relations have been strained over a number of issues in recent years, including U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s push for Beijing to be more open about its defence priorities, its military budget and its nuclear arsenal.
IMO: It is not immediately clear that this comment is relevant and why. Better for whom? US is now incapable of building a modern warship. It relies on China to do so for it. China’s 2.3 million member People’s Liberation Army is the world’s largest fighting force and Beijing has alarmed its neighbours with double-digit percentage increases in military spending nearly every year for a decade.
U.S.-China military relations have been strained over a number of issues in recent years, including U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s push for Beijing to be more open about its defence priorities, its military budget and its nuclear arsenal.
# posted by uv : 2:55 AM
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