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Israel to strengthen cooperation with China: official

It is Bush’s desire to ‘contain’ China by way of controlling the world’s oil and the deployment of missiles.

The U.S. is not interested in Caspian oil to supply its own internal industry. The U.S. is grabbing for control of the Caspian oil fields because other countries need this oil--and because the U.S. wants to control them. Other imperialist rivals--including Germany and Japan--are "energy poor" and need access to oilfields outside their borders. Most Third World countries are heavily dependent on imported oil.
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According to a Chinese white paper, Beijing sees “new negative developments” in the Asia-Pacific region. These include a strengthening US military presence and bilateral military alliances in China’s neighbourhood, and US development of a theatre missile defence system and plans to deploy it in Asia. “The Taiwan Straits situation is complicated and grim,” the white paper states.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_18-10-2002_pg3_8
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Bush is losing, neither way is working.

It will be extremely difficult for Bush to ‘contain’ China when the rest of the world is beginning to look to the dragon for leadership. Australia, Egypt, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Iran to name a few have recently signaled their preference for China.

And now Israel realizing that they themselves are somewhat ‘contained’ and that the new power of the Middle East, China, requires appeasement hopes to strengthen its cooperation with China.
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-Am

Israel to strengthen cooperation with China: official

www.chinaview.cn 2004-11-08 21:07:10


BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Israel hopes to strengthen its cooperation with China, said visiting Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom here Monday.

Shalom, visiting China since Nov. 5, told reporters that Israel was willing to develop its relations with China and that the two countries had made good progress in such fields as trade, agriculture and high-tech goods, which brought concrete benefits to the people of both countries.

Israeli companies and entrepreneurs were eager to participate in the preparations for Beijing's upcoming Olympic Games in 2008, he said. Israel could assist China with its advanced experience insuch fields as security, high-tech, communication, irrigation and gardening works.

Shalom spoke highly of China's role in the international community, hoping that China would continue to contribute to Mideast peace.

Before the press conference, Shalom attended a signing ceremony of an agreement concerning Israel-China agricultural training cooperation, and presented a donation of a satellite communication system to China's Central Agricultural Broadcast and Television School for the education of farmers.

Shalom was scheduled to return to Israel late Monday. Enditem

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/08/content_2192188.htm