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Thursday, July 22, 2004 8:48:32 PM
US Pacific Command chief in China for defence talks
Because China fears a Russian attack from behind through Mongolia the Chinese have been aggressively wooing Mongolia.
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Russia has both ambitions and worries, thinking that once China grows strong, it may demand the return of the land included in those treaties. Furthermore, a few million Chinese people have already moved into these sparsely populated areas, and could in the future demand self determination. Maybe this is how the Washington Times, in a recent report, came to the conclusion that Russia and the US are cooperating to build the submarines to be sold to Taiwan. Some observers also think that Russia may use a possible Chinese attack on Taiwan as an opportunity to attack China from behind.
The old slogan of the Chinese Communist Party that "the Russian revisionists are still trying to destroy us" anticipated the fact that the Soviet Union's tanks could roll directly into the Chinese capital through Mongolia. This was also the reason that Mao Zedong changed his policy of "overthrowing US imperialism" into a policy of friendship with the US.
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Perhaps one of the reasons Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the US Pacific Command, who is in Beijing for talks with senior defense officials on a visit coinciding with Chinese war games in the Taiwan Straits will also be stopping in Mongolia.
-Am
US Pacific Command chief in China for defence talks
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 22 July 2004 1318 hrs
BEIJING: Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the US Pacific Command, is in Beijing for talks with senior defence officials on a visit coinciding with Chinese war games in the Taiwan Straits.
"This trip is an opportunity for Admiral Fargo to personally meet with defense leaders of the People's Republic of China," the US Pacific Command said in a statement, which described the visit as "routine".
"These trips allow Admiral Fargo to meet with senior defense officials in the region and to discuss security issues of mutual interest," it said.
His visit coincides with China's largest war games of the year, which pro-Beijing newspapers in Hong Kong say are underway in the Taiwan Straits.
Nuclear-powered submarines, warships, the latest model missile destroyers and a guided missile brigade are reportedly involved, along with Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets purchased from Russia.
Focusing on air superiority, the drills are designed to send a message to Taiwan independence forces, state-run media has said.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese air force jets this week staged rare landings on closed off freeways as part of a major exercise to demonstrate the island's readiness in the event of an attack by China.
The US navy is also planning its own exercises, announcing in June that three aircraft carrier battle groups were already in the Pacific and four others were being deployed for war games called "Summer Pulse 2004."
According to US naval websites, the deployment is a part of the Fleet Response Plan, which is aimed at increasing force preparedness and establishing the ability to immediately provide significant combat power in a crisis anywhere in the world.
China is getting increasingly edgy over the US military strategy, which prompted a visit this month by National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in an attempt to calm Beijing down, analysts say.
Fargo, who is in charge of all US military air, ground and naval forces in the Pacific and Indian ocean areas, is in China until Sunday.
His swing through the region also includes stops in Mongolia, Guam and Japan.
- AFP
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/96964/1/.html
Because China fears a Russian attack from behind through Mongolia the Chinese have been aggressively wooing Mongolia.
#msg-3565469
Russia has both ambitions and worries, thinking that once China grows strong, it may demand the return of the land included in those treaties. Furthermore, a few million Chinese people have already moved into these sparsely populated areas, and could in the future demand self determination. Maybe this is how the Washington Times, in a recent report, came to the conclusion that Russia and the US are cooperating to build the submarines to be sold to Taiwan. Some observers also think that Russia may use a possible Chinese attack on Taiwan as an opportunity to attack China from behind.
The old slogan of the Chinese Communist Party that "the Russian revisionists are still trying to destroy us" anticipated the fact that the Soviet Union's tanks could roll directly into the Chinese capital through Mongolia. This was also the reason that Mao Zedong changed his policy of "overthrowing US imperialism" into a policy of friendship with the US.
#msg-3565438
Perhaps one of the reasons Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the US Pacific Command, who is in Beijing for talks with senior defense officials on a visit coinciding with Chinese war games in the Taiwan Straits will also be stopping in Mongolia.
-Am
US Pacific Command chief in China for defence talks
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 22 July 2004 1318 hrs
BEIJING: Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the US Pacific Command, is in Beijing for talks with senior defence officials on a visit coinciding with Chinese war games in the Taiwan Straits.
"This trip is an opportunity for Admiral Fargo to personally meet with defense leaders of the People's Republic of China," the US Pacific Command said in a statement, which described the visit as "routine".
"These trips allow Admiral Fargo to meet with senior defense officials in the region and to discuss security issues of mutual interest," it said.
His visit coincides with China's largest war games of the year, which pro-Beijing newspapers in Hong Kong say are underway in the Taiwan Straits.
Nuclear-powered submarines, warships, the latest model missile destroyers and a guided missile brigade are reportedly involved, along with Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets purchased from Russia.
Focusing on air superiority, the drills are designed to send a message to Taiwan independence forces, state-run media has said.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese air force jets this week staged rare landings on closed off freeways as part of a major exercise to demonstrate the island's readiness in the event of an attack by China.
The US navy is also planning its own exercises, announcing in June that three aircraft carrier battle groups were already in the Pacific and four others were being deployed for war games called "Summer Pulse 2004."
According to US naval websites, the deployment is a part of the Fleet Response Plan, which is aimed at increasing force preparedness and establishing the ability to immediately provide significant combat power in a crisis anywhere in the world.
China is getting increasingly edgy over the US military strategy, which prompted a visit this month by National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in an attempt to calm Beijing down, analysts say.
Fargo, who is in charge of all US military air, ground and naval forces in the Pacific and Indian ocean areas, is in China until Sunday.
His swing through the region also includes stops in Mongolia, Guam and Japan.
- AFP
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/96964/1/.html
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