China is concerned over nationals' safety in Pakistan after the abduction of two engineers who may or may not have been intelligence operatives.
Pakistan has also assured China it would hunt a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, Abdullah Meshud, who masterminded the abduction of the two engineers.
Abdullah, who belongs to the Mehsud tribe, one of two major Pashtun clans in South Waziristan, was freed from Guantanamo Bay in March after the Pentagon said he no longer posed a threat to the United States. #msg-4318776
The Pakistani military authorities have projected Abdullah Mehsud, a former Taliban commander who was released by US authorities from detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in March, as the mastermind of the kidnap and have admitted that apart from some local tribal followers of Abdullah, three Uzbeks were also involved. #msg-4320350
China has protested the establishment of a Uighur Government-in-Exile in Washington. #msg-4098311
Thus Bush is associated with Abdullah, the Uighurs and wanting the Chinese out of Pakistan.
Bush also wants China out of Venezuela who is in line to receive Venezuelan oil which probably would have been destined for the United States. China is concerned over nationals’ safety in Venezuela. Given what has taken place in Pakistan we could be stoking the fires of Chinese harassment in Venezuela.
Bush will pay terrorists, specifically the AUC, with our money to destroy democratically elected Chavez of Venezuela for oil.
He will instigate a coup and try and stop the proposed pipeline and future Colombian oil port through which China might receive Venezuelan oil that would have gone to the United States for this he needs the terrorist organization AUC.
It is expected that Colombia will send troops into Venezuela at US insistence, possibly alongside US marines or Special Forces, or AUC units replete with Colombian soldiers. #msg-4239182
The 130,000-strong Chinese community in the country had become a target of robberies and kidnappings in recent years and a number of its nationals had been murdered.
The Chinese diplomat said failure to improve the situation might deter the growth of of Chinese investment in Venezuela, which totals $1.5 billion and is on the increase.
Since he was first elected in 1998, Chavez, a left-wing nationalist, has made a point of strengthening ties with China as part of a strategy to diversify Venezuela's foreign relations away from a traditional dependence on the United States.
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China seeks protection for nationals in Venezuela 11 Nov 2004 22:12:32 GMT
Source: Reuters
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov 11 (Reuters) - China has asked Venezuela to protect Chinese nationals and their businesses in the South American country after Chinese-owned supermarkets were looted this month, Beijing's embassy said on Thursday.
In response to China's diplomatic request, President Hugo Chavez's government promised to make a special effort to prevent attacks against Chinese properties or the kidnapping of Chinese nationals, an embassy spokesman said.
"We asked for protection for Chinese citizens ... and the government has been cooperating," political counselor Bolun Zhang told Reuters.
Officials at Venezuela's Foreign Ministry were not immediately available to give details of the measures taken.
The request followed the burning of a Chinese-owned supermarket and the sacking of two others by looters in the central city of Valencia on Nov. 1 during a brief outbreak of unrest following nationwide regional elections.
The damage and value of the lost merchandise were estimated at $1 million. National guards and police increased patrols in Valencia and other cities after the attacks.
Venezuela, the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, where conspicuous wealth exists alongside grinding poverty, has one of the highest rates of violent crime in Latin America.
Zhang said the 130,000-strong Chinese community in the country had become a target of robberies and kidnappings in recent years and a number of its nationals had been murdered.
"The security situation has to be improved," he added.
The Chinese diplomat said failure to improve the situation might deter the growth of of Chinese investment in Venezuela, which totals $1.5 billion and is on the increase.
The two countries are working on a multimillion-dollar venture to produce Orimulsion boiler fuel in Venezuela and have joint projects in infrastructure and gold mining.
Since he was first elected in 1998, Chavez, a left-wing nationalist, has made a point of strengthening ties with China as part of a strategy to diversify Venezuela's foreign relations away from a traditional dependence on the United States.
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