And more..
CHICOM MILITARY MODERNIZATION SUBSIDIZED BY GWB???S PRO-PRC TRADE POLICY
"??? Wealth transfers from the United States are underwriting Beijing???s ominous build-up of its armed forces, as well. The commission says: ???China is engaged in a major military modernization program, the motives of which are opaque and unexplained. It is building a modern navy and air force, upgrading its nuclear-armed ICBM force and beginning to operate in a power-projection mode. It has markedly expanded its information warfare operations to a level that is clearly designed to disrupt American systems.??? ???"
RED CHINESE ESPIONAGE IS A MOUNTING PROBLEM
"??? Finally, China is engaged in activities that pose a more immediate danger. Two of its nationals were recently arrested trying to sell Chinese-made QW-2 man-portable surface-to-air missiles in this country. Had they done so, the result could have given rise to a potentially grave threat to American airliners. And Chinese micro-satellites are being readied to attack our space assets as another, potentially devastating manifestation of Beijing???s pursuit of what the Pentagon calls ???asymmetric warfare??? capabilities against the United States." Source: Frank Gaffney, Jr., author of War Footing: 10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World (Naval Institute Press, November 2005, available at
USNI Official Website - U.S. Naval Institute), The Washington Times, 11/15/05, p. A20
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BUSH IS BLIND TO CHICOM CHALLENGE
"In its annual report, the US China Economic and Security Review Commission said China???s growing economic might and its unfair trading practices were eroding the US manufacturing base and threatening US technological superiority.
"It also concluded that China was building up its military power to confront US and allied forces in Asia and was expanding its global alliances, in part to ensure access to energy resources. ???
"The commission???s conclusions have generally been dismissed by the administration of President George W. Bush, who travels to China next week. In spite of occasional warnings from the Pentagon about China???s military modernisation, the administration has favoured close co-operation with Beijing on fighting terrorism, opening trade and trying to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme.
"The commission, set up by Congress when it approved permanent normal trade relations with China in 2000, has become increasingly influential in arguing that the administration???s view of China is far too sanguine. Its findings helped to rally congressional opposition to the bid this year by CNOOC, the Chinese state-run oil company, to purchase Unocal. The bid was abandoned over fears that such a deal would face a lengthy and hostile review in Washington. ???"
TARIFFS ON RED CHINESE IMPORTS WOULD REDUCE U.S. TRADE DEFICIT
"It said Congress should ???consider??? imposing across-the-board tariffs on Chinese imports, which have been proposed in legislation by Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham.
"The report also called for a build-up of US military forces in Asia and closer military co-operation with Taiwan to make it clear that the US would defend Taiwan against an attack from the mainland." Source: Edward Alden, Financial Times, 11/10/05, p. 2
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CHICOMS MAY MILITARILY DOMINATE HIGHER GROUND OF SPACE
"China???s second manned space launch has ignited a new round of debate over the implications of the PRC???s burgeoning space capabilities. ???China is serious in investing??? in space capabilities that have ???significant military applications in the future,??? retired Air Force China specialist Mark Stokes tells Voice of America. ???Space assets, as well as countering ??? the U.S. use of space or other countries??? use of space, are important force multipliers that can help to even the playing field when you are going up against a technologically superior adversary.??? According to Stokes, the space launch constitutes ???a stepping stone for a longer-range program to make them a significant player in military space in the future.??? ??? October 12" Source: Ilan Berman, China Reform Monitor, 10/20/05
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CHICOM GENERAL PRACTICES NUCLEAR BLINKMANSHIP
" ???If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition onto the target zone on China???s territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons,??? Maj. Gen. Zhu Chenghu said in yesterday???s editions of the Financial Times and the Asian Wall Street Journal."
PRC CLAIMS TAIWAN STRAITS OWNERSHIP
"The comments were the most explicit statement of strategic intent by a Chinese military official since 1995, when another officer, Gen. Xiong Guangkai, implicitly threatened to use nuclear arms against Los Angeles if the United States intervened in a Taiwan conflict.
" ???If the Americans are determined to interfere ??? we will be determined to respond,??? said Gen. Zhu, head of China???s National Defense University. ???We Chinese will prepare ourselves for the destruction of all of the cities east of Xian [in central China]. Of course the Americans will have to be prepared that hundreds ??? of cities will be destroyed by the Chinese.??? ???
"A Pentagon official, speaking on background, said Chinese generals normally express only official positions and that Gen. Zhu???s comments represent the views of senior officers. ???"
CHINA ABANDONS "NO FIRST USE" PLEDGE
"The statements contradict China???s publicly stated policy that it will not be the first nation to use nuclear weapons in a conflict. Gen. Zhu was quoted as saying he believed the no-first-use policy applied only to non-nuclear states and could be changed.
"He said Beijing is under internal pressure to change the no-first-use policy and to announce that it will use the most powerful weapons at its disposal to defend its claim on Taiwan. He stated that ???war logic??? requires weaker powers to use all means to defeat a stronger rival. ???"
45-57 RED NUKES COULD HIT U.S.
"China???s current nuclear arsenal is believed by U.S. intelligence agencies to include an estimated 45 to 57 missiles that can reach American cities. However, China???s military is rapidly building up its forces and is developing at least three new strategic missile systems, including the DF-31 and DF-31A road-mobile missiles, and the JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missiles." Source: Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, 7/16/05, pp. 1, A5
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RED CHINA???S SPY NETWORK IN U.S. GROWS RAPIDLY
Back in the 1980s, David Szady was among the premier Soviet spy catchers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, studying every aspect of the Kremlin???s mole network. Today, he???s mobilizing agents across the country to sniff out spies from a new rival: Beijing.
" ???China is the biggest [espionage] threat to the U.S. today,??? says Mr. Szady, now 61 years old and assistant director of the FBI???s counterintelligence division.
"In one of their biggest initiatives after the fight against terrorism, the FBI and Justice Department have sent hundreds of new counterintelligence agents into the bureau???s 56 field offices, many with a specific focus on China. There is a cloak-and-dagger element to some of this: A principal FBI team focusing on Chinese economic espionage, including some undercover operatives, occupies an unmarked floor in a Silicon Valley office park near a popular Chinese restaurant. ???"
CHICOMS HAVE AN EASIER TIME THAN DID SOVIETS
"Thousands of Chinese nationals regularly come to the U.S. as students and businessmen, some working for major U.S. defense contractors ??? something the Russians could only have dreamed of during the Cold War. They are welcomed with open arms by universities and companies who prize their technical acumen and links to capital and low-cost labor back home."
PRC CLAIMS OWNERSHIP OF ALL CHINESE IN U.S.
"The vast majority of them are here innocently working or studying. Counter-espionage experts say the trouble often starts when they are contacted by Chinese government officials or one of the more than 3,000 Chinese ???front companies??? the FBI alleges have been set up in the U.S. specifically to acquire military or industrial technologies illegally. Sometimes they are wooed with cash, but often the motivation is nationalism."
150,000 PRC STUDENTS IN U.S. AND 700,000 "TOURISTS"
" ???They can work on so many levels that China may prove more difficult to contain than the Russian threat,??? Mr. Szady says. ??? The FBI???s Business Alliance, established a year ago, has been meeting regularly with leading defense contractors to understand what technologies they???re developing and what potential threats are posed by company employees. The participants include Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp. and Raytheon Co. ???
"About 150,000 Chinese students are currently studying in the U.S., according to the FBI, and the number of new admissions has been rising. Nearly 64,000 Chinese students entered the U.S. last year, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, up from 55,000 in 1998. All told, about 700,000 Chinese tourists and business executives visit the U.S. each year. ???
"In addition, the Beijing government runs an extensive, informal, decentralized spy network, counterespionage experts allege. In most cases, Beijing???s spy agencies don???t send trained agents to the U.S. to penetrate companies and government agencies, but rather simply seek to glean information from the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who visit and study in the U.S. every year. They also try to get Chinese-Americans to provide information, appealing to their desire to help uplift China???s economy." Source: Jay Solomon, The Wall Street Journal, 8/10/05, pp. 1, A4
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CHICOMS AFFIRM LENIN???S "DEMOCRATIC CENTRALISM"
"China???s government yesterday issued a report stating why the Marxist system will not be changed to allow for Western-style democracy and why democracy is limited to within the ruling Communist Party dictatorship.
" ???China???s democracy is a democracy guaranteed by the people???s democratic dictatorship,??? the report said. Under that dictatorship, ???democratic centralism??? is used to rule collectively by party leaders.
"Real power in the country is held by the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, which has five to nine members. President Hu Jintao, who serves as party general-secretary, leads the committee. The Communist Party also controls the Chinese military through the Central Military Commission. ??? ???In building socialist political democracy, China has always adhered to the basic principle that the Marxist theory of democracy be combined with the reality of China ?????? the report said.
"The report states that the Communist Party regards itself as a ???vanguard of the working class.??? The party has rejected copying the ???Western bourgeois political system??? because it ???would lead them nowhere,??? the report said. ???
"The report said democracy is limited to the 2.8 million members of the ???people???s congresses??? across China and that of those, 176,000 are not members of the Communist Party." Source: From Beijing, Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, 10/20/05, p. A13
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RED CHINA IS OUTPACING U.S. IN UNDERWATER WARFARE
"American military history records many instances of poor readiness or non-availability of war-fighting equipment when conflicts broke out. (More on that below.)
"In that light, consider these facts:
"4 American submarines perform many missions ??? but serve as the premier anti-submarine weapons platform in the U.S. Navy inventory today.
"4 There are 400 submarines in the world today; about half are friendly. China has a larger submarine force than the United States.
"4 China is building at least five new nuclear fast attack submarines ??? and two new ballistic-missile nuclear submarines [today] greatly enhancing Chinese capabilities.
"4 Nineteen submarines were launched last year worldwide ??? nine of them in China.
"4 And the United States has launched just four submarines in the last five years."
Source: Vice Adm. Albert Konetzni Jr. (served as Deputy commander and Chief of Staff, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, 2001-???04, and Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1998-???01), New York Post, 7/5/05, p. 27
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Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of July 31, 2005
RED RUSSIA HELPS BUILD RED CHINESE NAVY
"China soon will receive a new Kilo submarine from Russia, part of a naval buildup of modern warships and submarines that has triggered new fears for U.S. military planners. ???
"It is the first of eight advanced Kilos that China is acquiring, and intelligence officials say the submarine will be outfitted with advanced SS-N-27 cruise missiles, which are capable of attacking U.S. warships. ???
"Since 2002, China has built 14 submarines, including a new Yuan submarine that was unknown to U.S. intelligence until photos of it appeared on the Internet last year. Other submarines in development include the Type 094 ballistic-missile submarine, known as the Jin class.
"At least two Type 093 attack submarines are under construction, as well as additional Jin, Song, Yuan and Shang submarines, the officials said. Other new submarines include one Ming submarine, 10 Song submarines and one Shang class. ???
"China???s surface-to-surface missile forces also are increasing, including new short- and long-range missiles, along with a new warhead that can maneuver to avoid missile defenses.
" ???If you take a step back and look at the entire array of Chinese weapons, the Kilos, the Songs, the Yuans, the ballistic missiles, this [maneuverable warhead] capability, more surface ships with anti-ship cruise missiles, these are all things that are going to give you capability to deal with any kind of naval force that comes toward you,??? the intelligence official said."
CHICOM MILITARY MODERNIZATION SUBSIDIZED BY GWB???S PRO-PRC TRADE POLICY
"??? Wealth transfers from the United States are underwriting Beijing???s ominous build-up of its armed forces, as well. The commission says: ???China is engaged in a major military modernization program, the motives of which are opaque and unexplained. It is building a modern navy and air force, upgrading its nuclear-armed ICBM force and beginning to operate in a power-projection mode. It has markedly expanded its information warfare operations to a level that is clearly designed to disrupt American systems.??? ???"
RED CHINESE ESPIONAGE IS A MOUNTING PROBLEM
"??? Finally, China is engaged in activities that pose a more immediate danger. Two of its nationals were recently arrested trying to sell Chinese-made QW-2 man-portable surface-to-air missiles in this country. Had they done so, the result could have given rise to a potentially grave threat to American airliners. And Chinese micro-satellites are being readied to attack our space assets as another, potentially devastating manifestation of Beijing???s pursuit of what the Pentagon calls ???asymmetric warfare??? capabilities against the United States." Source: Frank Gaffney, Jr., author of War Footing: 10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World (Naval Institute Press, November 2005, available at
USNI Official Website - U.S. Naval Institute), The Washington Times, 11/15/05, p. A20
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BUSH IS BLIND TO CHICOM CHALLENGE
"In its annual report, the US China Economic and Security Review Commission said China???s growing economic might and its unfair trading practices were eroding the US manufacturing base and threatening US technological superiority.
"It also concluded that China was building up its military power to confront US and allied forces in Asia and was expanding its global alliances, in part to ensure access to energy resources. ???
"The commission???s conclusions have generally been dismissed by the administration of President George W. Bush, who travels to China next week. In spite of occasional warnings from the Pentagon about China???s military modernisation, the administration has favoured close co-operation with Beijing on fighting terrorism, opening trade and trying to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme.
"The commission, set up by Congress when it approved permanent normal trade relations with China in 2000, has become increasingly influential in arguing that the administration???s view of China is far too sanguine. Its findings helped to rally congressional opposition to the bid this year by CNOOC, the Chinese state-run oil company, to purchase Unocal. The bid was abandoned over fears that such a deal would face a lengthy and hostile review in Washington. ???"
TARIFFS ON RED CHINESE IMPORTS WOULD REDUCE U.S. TRADE DEFICIT
"It said Congress should ???consider??? imposing across-the-board tariffs on Chinese imports, which have been proposed in legislation by Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham.
"The report also called for a build-up of US military forces in Asia and closer military co-operation with Taiwan to make it clear that the US would defend Taiwan against an attack from the mainland." Source: Edward Alden, Financial Times, 11/10/05, p. 2
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CHICOMS MAY MILITARILY DOMINATE HIGHER GROUND OF SPACE
"China???s second manned space launch has ignited a new round of debate over the implications of the PRC???s burgeoning space capabilities. ???China is serious in investing??? in space capabilities that have ???significant military applications in the future,??? retired Air Force China specialist Mark Stokes tells Voice of America. ???Space assets, as well as countering ??? the U.S. use of space or other countries??? use of space, are important force multipliers that can help to even the playing field when you are going up against a technologically superior adversary.??? According to Stokes, the space launch constitutes ???a stepping stone for a longer-range program to make them a significant player in military space in the future.??? ??? October 12" Source: Ilan Berman, China Reform Monitor, 10/20/05
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CHICOM GENERAL PRACTICES NUCLEAR BLINKMANSHIP
" ???If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition onto the target zone on China???s territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons,??? Maj. Gen. Zhu Chenghu said in yesterday???s editions of the Financial Times and the Asian Wall Street Journal."
PRC CLAIMS TAIWAN STRAITS OWNERSHIP
"The comments were the most explicit statement of strategic intent by a Chinese military official since 1995, when another officer, Gen. Xiong Guangkai, implicitly threatened to use nuclear arms against Los Angeles if the United States intervened in a Taiwan conflict.
" ???If the Americans are determined to interfere ??? we will be determined to respond,??? said Gen. Zhu, head of China???s National Defense University. ???We Chinese will prepare ourselves for the destruction of all of the cities east of Xian [in central China]. Of course the Americans will have to be prepared that hundreds ??? of cities will be destroyed by the Chinese.??? ???
"A Pentagon official, speaking on background, said Chinese generals normally express only official positions and that Gen. Zhu???s comments represent the views of senior officers. ???"
CHINA ABANDONS "NO FIRST USE" PLEDGE
"The statements contradict China???s publicly stated policy that it will not be the first nation to use nuclear weapons in a conflict. Gen. Zhu was quoted as saying he believed the no-first-use policy applied only to non-nuclear states and could be changed.
"He said Beijing is under internal pressure to change the no-first-use policy and to announce that it will use the most powerful weapons at its disposal to defend its claim on Taiwan. He stated that ???war logic??? requires weaker powers to use all means to defeat a stronger rival. ???"
45-57 RED NUKES COULD HIT U.S.
"China???s current nuclear arsenal is believed by U.S. intelligence agencies to include an estimated 45 to 57 missiles that can reach American cities. However, China???s military is rapidly building up its forces and is developing at least three new strategic missile systems, including the DF-31 and DF-31A road-mobile missiles, and the JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missiles." Source: Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, 7/16/05, pp. 1, A5
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RED CHINA???S SPY NETWORK IN U.S. GROWS RAPIDLY
Back in the 1980s, David Szady was among the premier Soviet spy catchers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, studying every aspect of the Kremlin???s mole network. Today, he???s mobilizing agents across the country to sniff out spies from a new rival: Beijing.
" ???China is the biggest [espionage] threat to the U.S. today,??? says Mr. Szady, now 61 years old and assistant director of the FBI???s counterintelligence division.
"In one of their biggest initiatives after the fight against terrorism, the FBI and Justice Department have sent hundreds of new counterintelligence agents into the bureau???s 56 field offices, many with a specific focus on China. There is a cloak-and-dagger element to some of this: A principal FBI team focusing on Chinese economic espionage, including some undercover operatives, occupies an unmarked floor in a Silicon Valley office park near a popular Chinese restaurant. ???"
CHICOMS HAVE AN EASIER TIME THAN DID SOVIETS
"Thousands of Chinese nationals regularly come to the U.S. as students and businessmen, some working for major U.S. defense contractors ??? something the Russians could only have dreamed of during the Cold War. They are welcomed with open arms by universities and companies who prize their technical acumen and links to capital and low-cost labor back home."
PRC CLAIMS OWNERSHIP OF ALL CHINESE IN U.S.
"The vast majority of them are here innocently working or studying. Counter-espionage experts say the trouble often starts when they are contacted by Chinese government officials or one of the more than 3,000 Chinese ???front companies??? the FBI alleges have been set up in the U.S. specifically to acquire military or industrial technologies illegally. Sometimes they are wooed with cash, but often the motivation is nationalism."
150,000 PRC STUDENTS IN U.S. AND 700,000 "TOURISTS"
" ???They can work on so many levels that China may prove more difficult to contain than the Russian threat,??? Mr. Szady says. ??? The FBI???s Business Alliance, established a year ago, has been meeting regularly with leading defense contractors to understand what technologies they???re developing and what potential threats are posed by company employees. The participants include Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp. and Raytheon Co. ???
"About 150,000 Chinese students are currently studying in the U.S., according to the FBI, and the number of new admissions has been rising. Nearly 64,000 Chinese students entered the U.S. last year, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, up from 55,000 in 1998. All told, about 700,000 Chinese tourists and business executives visit the U.S. each year. ???
"In addition, the Beijing government runs an extensive, informal, decentralized spy network, counterespionage experts allege. In most cases, Beijing???s spy agencies don???t send trained agents to the U.S. to penetrate companies and government agencies, but rather simply seek to glean information from the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who visit and study in the U.S. every year. They also try to get Chinese-Americans to provide information, appealing to their desire to help uplift China???s economy." Source: Jay Solomon, The Wall Street Journal, 8/10/05, pp. 1, A4
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CHICOMS AFFIRM LENIN???S "DEMOCRATIC CENTRALISM"
"China???s government yesterday issued a report stating why the Marxist system will not be changed to allow for Western-style democracy and why democracy is limited to within the ruling Communist Party dictatorship.
" ???China???s democracy is a democracy guaranteed by the people???s democratic dictatorship,??? the report said. Under that dictatorship, ???democratic centralism??? is used to rule collectively by party leaders.
"Real power in the country is held by the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, which has five to nine members. President Hu Jintao, who serves as party general-secretary, leads the committee. The Communist Party also controls the Chinese military through the Central Military Commission. ??? ???In building socialist political democracy, China has always adhered to the basic principle that the Marxist theory of democracy be combined with the reality of China ?????? the report said.
"The report states that the Communist Party regards itself as a ???vanguard of the working class.??? The party has rejected copying the ???Western bourgeois political system??? because it ???would lead them nowhere,??? the report said. ???
"The report said democracy is limited to the 2.8 million members of the ???people???s congresses??? across China and that of those, 176,000 are not members of the Communist Party." Source: From Beijing, Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, 10/20/05, p. A13
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RED CHINA IS OUTPACING U.S. IN UNDERWATER WARFARE
"American military history records many instances of poor readiness or non-availability of war-fighting equipment when conflicts broke out. (More on that below.)
"In that light, consider these facts:
"4 American submarines perform many missions ??? but serve as the premier anti-submarine weapons platform in the U.S. Navy inventory today.
"4 There are 400 submarines in the world today; about half are friendly. China has a larger submarine force than the United States.
"4 China is building at least five new nuclear fast attack submarines ??? and two new ballistic-missile nuclear submarines [today] greatly enhancing Chinese capabilities.
"4 Nineteen submarines were launched last year worldwide ??? nine of them in China.
"4 And the United States has launched just four submarines in the last five years."
Source: Vice Adm. Albert Konetzni Jr. (served as Deputy commander and Chief of Staff, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, 2001-???04, and Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1998-???01), New York Post, 7/5/05, p. 27
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Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of July 31, 2005
RED RUSSIA HELPS BUILD RED CHINESE NAVY
"China soon will receive a new Kilo submarine from Russia, part of a naval buildup of modern warships and submarines that has triggered new fears for U.S. military planners. ???
"It is the first of eight advanced Kilos that China is acquiring, and intelligence officials say the submarine will be outfitted with advanced SS-N-27 cruise missiles, which are capable of attacking U.S. warships. ???
"Since 2002, China has built 14 submarines, including a new Yuan submarine that was unknown to U.S. intelligence until photos of it appeared on the Internet last year. Other submarines in development include the Type 094 ballistic-missile submarine, known as the Jin class.
"At least two Type 093 attack submarines are under construction, as well as additional Jin, Song, Yuan and Shang submarines, the officials said. Other new submarines include one Ming submarine, 10 Song submarines and one Shang class. ???
"China???s surface-to-surface missile forces also are increasing, including new short- and long-range missiles, along with a new warhead that can maneuver to avoid missile defenses.
" ???If you take a step back and look at the entire array of Chinese weapons, the Kilos, the Songs, the Yuans, the ballistic missiles, this [maneuverable warhead] capability, more surface ships with anti-ship cruise missiles, these are all things that are going to give you capability to deal with any kind of naval force that comes toward you,??? the intelligence official said."
CHICOM MILITARY MODERNIZATION SUBSIDIZED BY GWB???S PRO-PRC TRADE POLICY
"??? Wealth transfers from the United States are underwriting Beijing???s ominous build-up of its armed forces, as well. The commission says: ???China is engaged in a major military modernization program, the motives of which are opaque and unexplained. It is building a modern navy and air force, upgrading its nuclear-armed ICBM force and beginning to operate in a power-projection mode. It has markedly expanded its information warfare operations to a level that is clearly designed to disrupt American systems.??? ???"
RED CHINESE ESPIONAGE IS A MOUNTING PROBLEM
"??? Finally, China is engaged in activities that pose a more immediate danger. Two of its nationals were recently arrested trying to sell Chinese-made QW-2 man-portable surface-to-air missiles in this country. Had they done so, the result could have given rise to a potentially grave threat to American airliners. And Chinese micro-satellites are being readied to attack our space assets as another, potentially devastating manifestation of Beijing???s pursuit of what the Pentagon calls ???asymmetric warfare??? capabilities against the United States." Source: Frank Gaffney, Jr., author of War Footing: 10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World (Naval Institute Press, November 2005, available at
USNI Official Website - U.S. Naval Institute), The Washington Times, 11/15/05, p. A20
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BUSH IS BLIND TO CHICOM CHALLENGE
"In its annual report, the US China Economic and Security Review Commission said China???s growing economic might and its unfair trading practices were eroding the US manufacturing base and threatening US technological superiority.
"It also concluded that China was building up its military power to confront US and allied forces in Asia and was expanding its global alliances, in part to ensure access to energy resources. ???
"The commission???s conclusions have generally been dismissed by the administration of President George W. Bush, who travels to China next week. In spite of occasional warnings from the Pentagon about China???s military modernisation, the administration has favoured close co-operation with Beijing on fighting terrorism, opening trade and trying to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme.
"The commission, set up by Congress when it approved permanent normal trade relations with China in 2000, has become increasingly influential in arguing that the administration???s view of China is far too sanguine. Its findings helped to rally congressional opposition to the bid this year by CNOOC, the Chinese state-run oil company, to purchase Unocal. The bid was abandoned over fears that such a deal would face a lengthy and hostile review in Washington. ???"
TARIFFS ON RED CHINESE IMPORTS WOULD REDUCE U.S. TRADE DEFICIT
"It said Congress should ???consider??? imposing across-the-board tariffs on Chinese imports, which have been proposed in legislation by Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham.
"The report also called for a build-up of US military forces in Asia and closer military co-operation with Taiwan to make it clear that the US would defend Taiwan against an attack from the mainland." Source: Edward Alden, Financial Times, 11/10/05, p. 2
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CHICOMS MAY MILITARILY DOMINATE HIGHER GROUND OF SPACE
"China???s second manned space launch has ignited a new round of debate over the implications of the PRC???s burgeoning space capabilities. ???China is serious in investing??? in space capabilities that have ???significant military applications in the future,??? retired Air Force China specialist Mark Stokes tells Voice of America. ???Space assets, as well as countering ??? the U.S. use of space or other countries??? use of space, are important force multipliers that can help to even the playing field when you are going up against a technologically superior adversary.??? According to Stokes, the space launch constitutes ???a stepping stone for a longer-range program to make them a significant player in military space in the future.??? ??? October 12" Source: Ilan Berman, China Reform Monitor, 10/20/05
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CHICOM GENERAL PRACTICES NUCLEAR BLINKMANSHIP
" ???If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition onto the target zone on China???s territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons,??? Maj. Gen. Zhu Chenghu said in yesterday???s editions of the Financial Times and the Asian Wall Street Journal."
PRC CLAIMS TAIWAN STRAITS OWNERSHIP
"The comments were the most explicit statement of strategic intent by a Chinese military official since 1995, when another officer, Gen. Xiong Guangkai, implicitly threatened to use nuclear arms against Los Angeles if the United States intervened in a Taiwan conflict.
" ???If the Americans are determined to interfere ??? we will be determined to respond,??? said Gen. Zhu, head of China???s National Defense University. ???We Chinese will prepare ourselves for the destruction of all of the cities east of Xian [in central China]. Of course the Americans will have to be prepared that hundreds ??? of cities will be destroyed by the Chinese.??? ???
"A Pentagon official, speaking on background, said Chinese generals normally express only official positions and that Gen. Zhu???s comments represent the views of senior officers. ???"
CHINA ABANDONS "NO FIRST USE" PLEDGE
"The statements contradict China???s publicly stated policy that it will not be the first nation to use nuclear weapons in a conflict. Gen. Zhu was quoted as saying he believed the no-first-use policy applied only to non-nuclear states and could be changed.
"He said Beijing is under internal pressure to change the no-first-use policy and to announce that it will use the most powerful weapons at its disposal to defend its claim on Taiwan. He stated that ???war logic??? requires weaker powers to use all means to defeat a stronger rival. ???"
45-57 RED NUKES COULD HIT U.S.
"China???s current nuclear arsenal is believed by U.S. intelligence agencies to include an estimated 45 to 57 missiles that can reach American cities. However, China???s military is rapidly building up its forces and is developing at least three new strategic missile systems, including the DF-31 and DF-31A road-mobile missiles, and the JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missiles." Source: Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, 7/16/05, pp. 1, A5
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RED CHINA???S SPY NETWORK IN U.S. GROWS RAPIDLY
Back in the 1980s, David Szady was among the premier Soviet spy catchers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, studying every aspect of the Kremlin???s mole network. Today, he???s mobilizing agents across the country to sniff out spies from a new rival: Beijing.
" ???China is the biggest [espionage] threat to the U.S. today,??? says Mr. Szady, now 61 years old and assistant director of the FBI???s counterintelligence division.
"In one of their biggest initiatives after the fight against terrorism, the FBI and Justice Department have sent hundreds of new counterintelligence agents into the bureau???s 56 field offices, many with a specific focus on China. There is a cloak-and-dagger element to some of this: A principal FBI team focusing on Chinese economic espionage, including some undercover operatives, occupies an unmarked floor in a Silicon Valley office park near a popular Chinese restaurant. ???"
CHICOMS HAVE AN EASIER TIME THAN DID SOVIETS
"Thousands of Chinese nationals regularly come to the U.S. as students and businessmen, some working for major U.S. defense contractors ??? something the Russians could only have dreamed of during the Cold War. They are welcomed with open arms by universities and companies who prize their technical acumen and links to capital and low-cost labor back home."
PRC CLAIMS OWNERSHIP OF ALL CHINESE IN U.S.
"The vast majority of them are here innocently working or studying. Counter-espionage experts say the trouble often starts when they are contacted by Chinese government officials or one of the more than 3,000 Chinese ???front companies??? the FBI alleges have been set up in the U.S. specifically to acquire military or industrial technologies illegally. Sometimes they are wooed with cash, but often the motivation is nationalism."
150,000 PRC STUDENTS IN U.S. AND 700,000 "TOURISTS"
" ???They can work on so many levels that China may prove more difficult to contain than the Russian threat,??? Mr. Szady says. ??? The FBI???s Business Alliance, established a year ago, has been meeting regularly with leading defense contractors to understand what technologies they???re developing and what potential threats are posed by company employees. The participants include Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp. and Raytheon Co. ???
"About 150,000 Chinese students are currently studying in the U.S., according to the FBI, and the number of new admissions has been rising. Nearly 64,000 Chinese students entered the U.S. last year, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, up from 55,000 in 1998. All told, about 700,000 Chinese tourists and business executives visit the U.S. each year. ???
"In addition, the Beijing government runs an extensive, informal, decentralized spy network, counterespionage experts allege. In most cases, Beijing???s spy agencies don???t send trained agents to the U.S. to penetrate companies and government agencies, but rather simply seek to glean information from the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who visit and study in the U.S. every year. They also try to get Chinese-Americans to provide information, appealing to their desire to help uplift China???s economy." Source: Jay Solomon, The Wall Street Journal, 8/10/05, pp. 1, A4
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CHICOMS AFFIRM LENIN???S "DEMOCRATIC CENTRALISM"
"China???s government yesterday issued a report stating why the Marxist system will not be changed to allow for Western-style democracy and why democracy is limited to within the ruling Communist Party dictatorship.
" ???China???s democracy is a democracy guaranteed by the people???s democratic dictatorship,??? the report said. Under that dictatorship, ???democratic centralism??? is used to rule collectively by party leaders.
"Real power in the country is held by the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, which has five to nine members. President Hu Jintao, who serves as party general-secretary, leads the committee. The Communist Party also controls the Chinese military through the Central Military Commission. ??? ???In building socialist political democracy, China has always adhered to the basic principle that the Marxist theory of democracy be combined with the reality of China ?????? the report said.
"The report states that the Communist Party regards itself as a ???vanguard of the working class.??? The party has rejected copying the ???Western bourgeois political system??? because it ???would lead them nowhere,??? the report said. ???
"The report said democracy is limited to the 2.8 million members of the ???people???s congresses??? across China and that of those, 176,000 are not members of the Communist Party." Source: From Beijing, Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, 10/20/05, p. A13
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RED CHINA IS OUTPACING U.S. IN UNDERWATER WARFARE
"American military history records many instances of poor readiness or non-availability of war-fighting equipment when conflicts broke out. (More on that below.)
"In that light, consider these facts:
"4 American submarines perform many missions ??? but serve as the premier anti-submarine weapons platform in the U.S. Navy inventory today.
"4 There are 400 submarines in the world today; about half are friendly. China has a larger submarine force than the United States.
"4 China is building at least five new nuclear fast attack submarines ??? and two new ballistic-missile nuclear submarines [today] greatly enhancing Chinese capabilities.
"4 Nineteen submarines were launched last year worldwide ??? nine of them in China.
"4 And the United States has launched just four submarines in the last five years."
Source: Vice Adm. Albert Konetzni Jr. (served as Deputy commander and Chief of Staff, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, 2001-???04, and Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1998-???01), New York Post, 7/5/05, p. 27
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Excerpted from Howard Phillips Issues & Strategy Bulletin of July 31, 2005
RED RUSSIA HELPS BUILD RED CHINESE NAVY
"China soon will receive a new Kilo submarine from Russia, part of a naval buildup of modern warships and submarines that has triggered new fears for U.S. military planners. ???
"It is the first of eight advanced Kilos that China is acquiring, and intelligence officials say the submarine will be outfitted with advanced SS-N-27 cruise missiles, which are capable of attacking U.S. warships. ???
"Since 2002, China has built 14 submarines, including a new Yuan submarine that was unknown to U.S. intelligence until photos of it appeared on the Internet last year. Other submarines in development include the Type 094 ballistic-missile submarine, known as the Jin class.
"At least two Type 093 attack submarines are under construction, as well as additional Jin, Song, Yuan and Shang submarines, the officials said. Other new submarines include one Ming submarine, 10 Song submarines and one Shang class. ???
"China???s surface-to-surface missile forces also are increasing, including new short- and long-range missiles, along with a new warhead that can maneuver to avoid missile defenses.
" ???If you take a step back and look at the entire array of Chinese weapons, the Kilos, the Songs, the Yuans, the ballistic missiles, this [maneuverable warhead] capability, more surface ships with anti-ship cruise missiles, these are all things that are going to give you capability to deal with any kind of naval force that comes toward you,??? the intelligence official said."
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