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China Expands Military Buildup - Pentagon
By contrast, Secretary of State Colin Powell has hailed U.S.-China ties as the best ever and is among a group of U.S. officials and experts who say the war on terrorism has given Beijing and Washington common ground for cooperation.
If this is about not just winning a possible conflict with Taiwan but exerting power, watch out.
Powell and Bush better get a copy of Unrestricted Warfare:
China's Master Plan to Destroy America
Unrestricted Warfare
Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui
(Beijing: PLA Literature and Arts Publishing House, February 1999)
Excerpt: Unrestricted Warfare
Actually, with the next century having still not yet arrived, the American military has already encountered trouble from insufficient frequency band width brought on by the three above mentioned types of enemies. Whether it be the intrusions of hackers, a major explosion at the World Trade Center, or a bombing attack by bin Laden, all of these greatly exceed the frequency band widths understood by the American military. The American military is naturally inadequately prepared to deal with this type of enemy psychologically, in terms or measures, and especially as regards military thinking and the methods of operation derived from this. This is because they have never taken into consideration and have even refused to consider means that are contrary to tradition and to select measures of operation other than military means. This will naturally not allow them to add and combine the two into new measures and new methods of operation. In actuality, it only requires broadening one's outlook a little and being uninhibited in thought to be able to avail oneself of the lever of the great volumes of new technology and new factors springing up from the age of integrated technology, thus prying loose the wheel of the military revolution rusted as a result of lagging behind in terms of thinking. We can here appreciate the deep significance of the old saying, "a stone from other hills may serve to polish the jade of this one."
http://ftp.die.net/mirror/cryptome/cuw02.htm
The two PLA colonels who authored Unrestricted Warfare have been hailed as heroes in China since Sept. 11
The Chinese state-run propaganda machine is cashing in on the terror attacks ... producing books, films and video games glorifying the strikes as a humbling blow against an arrogant nation.
Chinese Communist Party officials are saying that President Jiang Zemin has obsessively and gleefully watched and re-watched pictures of the aircraft crashing into the World Trade Center.
The CIA’s own translation agency reported that this book identifies the U.S. as China’s main enemy, and details how a weak nation can destroy America using unorthodox attacks – like the 9-11 attacks.
China is preparing itself and encouraging others to engage the U.S. in total war. The book is chock full of plans and strategies, from using computers, to smuggling illegal immigrants, to manipulating the stock markets, to influencing the U.S. media, to using weapons of mass destruction – all to destroy America.
Recent press reports indicate that China has assisted and continues to assist militarily and economically the Taliban and al-Qaeda – even after Sept. 11.
The doctrine of total war outlined in Unrestricted Warfare clearly demonstrates that the People’s Republic of China is preparing to confront the United States and our allies by conducting “asymmetrical” or multidimensional attacks on almost every aspect of our social, economic and political life.
As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Beijing gave half-hearted support to the war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:zQHszZ4cnUgJ:www.workabroadesl.com/site/view_article.asp%3FidCa....
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China Expands Military Buildup - Pentagon
Fri May 28, 2004 04:52 PM ET
By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China expanded its aggressive military buildup last year with more sophisticated missiles, satellite-disrupting lasers and underground facilities, all aimed at winning a possible conflict with Taiwan and exerting power, according to a Pentagon report.
Beijing has more than 500 short-range ballistic missiles, some with improved guidance systems, opposite Taiwan and its defense spending of $50 billion to $70 billion is third behind the United States and Russia, the report released on Friday said.
The report, an annual assessment of China's capabilities submitted to the U.S. Congress, reflects the Pentagon's profound concern over Beijing's far-reaching military transformation and the possibility China may one day become America's main adversary.
By contrast, Secretary of State Colin Powell has hailed U.S.-China ties as the best ever and is among a group of U.S. officials and experts who say the war on terrorism has given Beijing and Washington common ground for cooperation.
China's "determined focus on preparing for conflict in the Taiwan Strait raises serious doubts over Beijing's declared policy of seeking peaceful reunification (with Taipei) under the 'one country, two systems' model," said a senior Defense Department official who briefed reporters on the new study.
By adding 75 missiles annually to its deployments opposite Taiwan, China is pursuing "coercive steps" and "creating an inherently less stable situation," the official said.
Influenced by lessons learned from the U.S.-led Iraq war, the Chinese army is rethinking assumptions about the value of long-range precision strikes, independent of ground forces, in any Taiwan conflict, the report said.
IRAQ WAR LESSONS
Other "lessons" affecting army thinking include the integration of psychological operations, and air and rapid ground operations designed to target enemy leadership, its ability to communicate and its will to fight, the report said.
The war reinforced China's decision to speed acquisition of improved information technology and weapons mobility, it said.
The senior Pentagon official acknowledged China's near-term focus is Taiwan, where the re-election of President Chen Shui-bian has heightened Beijing's fears that the self-governing island may declare independence.
But "there is something much broader and more fundamental going on here," he said.
China is pursuing a "comprehensive, well-planned, well-executed transformation" of all sectors -- including weapons, tactics, doctrine and training -- and could be a world class military force in 10 to 15 years, the official said.
This is coupled with China's growing economic power, increasingly confident role in world affairs and expanded involvement with other Asian militaries, the report noted.
Since the 1991 Gulf War China expanded civil and military underground facilities to protect command centers and missile facilities, the report said.
Beijing is advancing its military space capabilities "across the board" with two new remote-sensing satellites, advanced imagery, and electronic intelligence reconnaissance satellites, the report said.
China continues to enhance its satellite tracking and identification network and probably can use low-energy lasers to "blind" the sensors of low-Earth-orbiting satellites.
Chinese arms buys were up 7 percent in 2003 with major purchases from Russia of 24 Su-30 fighter aircraft for $1 billion and SA-20 surface to air missile systems for $500 million.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5291531
By contrast, Secretary of State Colin Powell has hailed U.S.-China ties as the best ever and is among a group of U.S. officials and experts who say the war on terrorism has given Beijing and Washington common ground for cooperation.
If this is about not just winning a possible conflict with Taiwan but exerting power, watch out.
Powell and Bush better get a copy of Unrestricted Warfare:
China's Master Plan to Destroy America
Unrestricted Warfare
Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui
(Beijing: PLA Literature and Arts Publishing House, February 1999)
Excerpt: Unrestricted Warfare
Actually, with the next century having still not yet arrived, the American military has already encountered trouble from insufficient frequency band width brought on by the three above mentioned types of enemies. Whether it be the intrusions of hackers, a major explosion at the World Trade Center, or a bombing attack by bin Laden, all of these greatly exceed the frequency band widths understood by the American military. The American military is naturally inadequately prepared to deal with this type of enemy psychologically, in terms or measures, and especially as regards military thinking and the methods of operation derived from this. This is because they have never taken into consideration and have even refused to consider means that are contrary to tradition and to select measures of operation other than military means. This will naturally not allow them to add and combine the two into new measures and new methods of operation. In actuality, it only requires broadening one's outlook a little and being uninhibited in thought to be able to avail oneself of the lever of the great volumes of new technology and new factors springing up from the age of integrated technology, thus prying loose the wheel of the military revolution rusted as a result of lagging behind in terms of thinking. We can here appreciate the deep significance of the old saying, "a stone from other hills may serve to polish the jade of this one."
http://ftp.die.net/mirror/cryptome/cuw02.htm
The two PLA colonels who authored Unrestricted Warfare have been hailed as heroes in China since Sept. 11
The Chinese state-run propaganda machine is cashing in on the terror attacks ... producing books, films and video games glorifying the strikes as a humbling blow against an arrogant nation.
Chinese Communist Party officials are saying that President Jiang Zemin has obsessively and gleefully watched and re-watched pictures of the aircraft crashing into the World Trade Center.
The CIA’s own translation agency reported that this book identifies the U.S. as China’s main enemy, and details how a weak nation can destroy America using unorthodox attacks – like the 9-11 attacks.
China is preparing itself and encouraging others to engage the U.S. in total war. The book is chock full of plans and strategies, from using computers, to smuggling illegal immigrants, to manipulating the stock markets, to influencing the U.S. media, to using weapons of mass destruction – all to destroy America.
Recent press reports indicate that China has assisted and continues to assist militarily and economically the Taliban and al-Qaeda – even after Sept. 11.
The doctrine of total war outlined in Unrestricted Warfare clearly demonstrates that the People’s Republic of China is preparing to confront the United States and our allies by conducting “asymmetrical” or multidimensional attacks on almost every aspect of our social, economic and political life.
As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Beijing gave half-hearted support to the war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:zQHszZ4cnUgJ:www.workabroadesl.com/site/view_article.asp%3FidCa....
-Am
China Expands Military Buildup - Pentagon
Fri May 28, 2004 04:52 PM ET
By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China expanded its aggressive military buildup last year with more sophisticated missiles, satellite-disrupting lasers and underground facilities, all aimed at winning a possible conflict with Taiwan and exerting power, according to a Pentagon report.
Beijing has more than 500 short-range ballistic missiles, some with improved guidance systems, opposite Taiwan and its defense spending of $50 billion to $70 billion is third behind the United States and Russia, the report released on Friday said.
The report, an annual assessment of China's capabilities submitted to the U.S. Congress, reflects the Pentagon's profound concern over Beijing's far-reaching military transformation and the possibility China may one day become America's main adversary.
By contrast, Secretary of State Colin Powell has hailed U.S.-China ties as the best ever and is among a group of U.S. officials and experts who say the war on terrorism has given Beijing and Washington common ground for cooperation.
China's "determined focus on preparing for conflict in the Taiwan Strait raises serious doubts over Beijing's declared policy of seeking peaceful reunification (with Taipei) under the 'one country, two systems' model," said a senior Defense Department official who briefed reporters on the new study.
By adding 75 missiles annually to its deployments opposite Taiwan, China is pursuing "coercive steps" and "creating an inherently less stable situation," the official said.
Influenced by lessons learned from the U.S.-led Iraq war, the Chinese army is rethinking assumptions about the value of long-range precision strikes, independent of ground forces, in any Taiwan conflict, the report said.
IRAQ WAR LESSONS
Other "lessons" affecting army thinking include the integration of psychological operations, and air and rapid ground operations designed to target enemy leadership, its ability to communicate and its will to fight, the report said.
The war reinforced China's decision to speed acquisition of improved information technology and weapons mobility, it said.
The senior Pentagon official acknowledged China's near-term focus is Taiwan, where the re-election of President Chen Shui-bian has heightened Beijing's fears that the self-governing island may declare independence.
But "there is something much broader and more fundamental going on here," he said.
China is pursuing a "comprehensive, well-planned, well-executed transformation" of all sectors -- including weapons, tactics, doctrine and training -- and could be a world class military force in 10 to 15 years, the official said.
This is coupled with China's growing economic power, increasingly confident role in world affairs and expanded involvement with other Asian militaries, the report noted.
Since the 1991 Gulf War China expanded civil and military underground facilities to protect command centers and missile facilities, the report said.
Beijing is advancing its military space capabilities "across the board" with two new remote-sensing satellites, advanced imagery, and electronic intelligence reconnaissance satellites, the report said.
China continues to enhance its satellite tracking and identification network and probably can use low-energy lasers to "blind" the sensors of low-Earth-orbiting satellites.
Chinese arms buys were up 7 percent in 2003 with major purchases from Russia of 24 Su-30 fighter aircraft for $1 billion and SA-20 surface to air missile systems for $500 million.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5291531
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