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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (597)	1/17/2001 10:14:52 PM
From: Rolla Coasta	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

a result of China's expansionist policies into non-Han regions? Give me those policies in print. Where do you find that?? There're Han in that region long long time ago. Get the history straight. It is just the Islamic fundamentalist minorities that messes things up with their wild wild Holy creeds that undermine you, me, and the worst - the whole economy. But the fact remains that are still trying to intimidate Taiwan. Don't be over-nervous about the situation. Without Taiwan, China wouldn't have this kind of economic growth. Taiwan has the biggest semiconductor fabs that will provide all the need for China to build up their high speed communication network and consumer products. While Japan and Korea are technology power houses that provide silicon chips to mainland and help bringing the Asian economy into fruition, China basically are establishing communication services type of businesses that can give neighboring nations and China itself a growth that can rise faster than any other part of the world. US will also benefit with its high tech fiber optics chipsets that are sold to China, and that alone could put the Nasdaq into all-time high. All the nations trading with China will have complementary growth effects that will help anyone including you and me. Don't fool oneselve with all kinds of British-empire-type of aggression hypothesis. Taiwan current President has no help from his people at this time, playing delay tactics, and now he addresses more on trading with China in order to beef up his support. We might see some yearly regular military exercises from China. But every nation would do that in a regularly basis. As soon as the more popular James Soong is elected as Taiwan President, I expect more direct trades between the strait will be established. Any statement about capturing neighboring countries is nonsense and baseless, and potentially put oneselve in nerve unnecessarily. This is a capitalist world, with an emphasis on stable market environment for the global economy. Cooperation and business partnering are the keys to gain intelligent accesses and cross-cultural understandings, which are way better than an isolated guessing game with untrue propaganda hurting future global economic growth. regards, Q

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (597)	1/17/2001 10:57:10 PM
From: Rolla Coasta	Respond to of 23908

I guess anyone can create a make-up story about China ... here's one about the son of Li Peng: The son of Li Peng was being sent to US studying there, trying to reveal something for his dad. But then he quickly found himself fitting right into a liberal group in the US. By the time when Li Peng called him back to China, the son of Li Peng went back home trying to reveal something that he had found in the US. Li Peng asked his son, "Son, what did you reveal in US ?" The son of Li Peng freakingly told his dad, "My sexuality has been revealed!!! My name is Li-Ly now!!!" Li Peng hardened himself, while the pateranl elders laughed out loudly enough to break the Great Wall of China. The son of Li Peng then freaked out from his dad and established a freak party that caused an internal turmoil within China. ~ The son of Li Peng. Q

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (597)	1/17/2001 10:59:53 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 23908

In view of the discussion, this might be interesting... N. Korean Leader on Secret Trip to China N. Korean Leader on Secret Trip to China 5:47 am PST, 16 January 2001 Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is reportedly on a secret trip to China, marking only his second trip abroad in 18 years, Asian sources reported Tuesday. Kim’s first trip – which was also to China – came last year before the historic North-South Korean summit brought the two Koreas together since the North invaded the South in 1950. Both countries currently remain in a technical state of war, and together form the most heavily defended border in the world. Neither North Korean or Chinese diplomats acknowledged Kim’s visit, but diplomats did not acknowledge his first visit either. Analysts said if anything, Kim’s visit would give him a chance to confer with China about U.S. President-elect George W. Bush’s coming inauguration, and what it will mean in terms of relations with Pyongyang and Beijing. Bush has said he will take a tougher stance with both nations. Meanwhile, President Bill Clinton has decided not to take a trip to North Korea before he leaves office, in a bid to raise U.S.-North Korean relations to a new level. Reports from Asian media sources confirmed indirectly that Kim was in China. When asked if they had stories or pictures of Kim meeting Chinese leaders, they said they did not know when they would be allowed to release them, Reuters reported. In Seoul, South Korea, the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper said Kim was accompanied by about 20 high-ranking officials, including Jo Myong-rok, head of the General Political Department of North Korea's army, who visited Washington in a landmark trip in October. The newspaper said officials believed Kim was visiting China in an effort to open up the North’s stagnant economy to the outside world. China is North Korea’s best ally and a key player on the peninsula. Also, Japan's Kyodo news agency quoted a government source in Seoul as saying Kim was holding talks with Chinese leaders on inter-Korean relations and North Korea's relations with the United States under Bush. Other reports said Kim arrived in China on Monday, and would inspect Shanghai’s showcase Pudong industrial zone. © 2000 7am.com 7am.com

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (597)	1/17/2001 11:01:35 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

And this as well...China Upgrading Surface-to-Air Missile System 5:58 am PST, 17 January 2001 China is upgrading its KS-1 surface-to-air missile system – a low- to high-altitude weapon – to its enhanced KS-1A configuration, Jane’s Defense reported Monday. The original KS-1 configuration entered service with the People’s Liberation Army in 1967, to augment and then replace older HY-2 SAM systems. The HY-2 was based significantly on an old Soviet system, the SA-2 – effective against U.S. air forces during the Vietnam war. However, the newer KS-1 configuration, sources told Jane’s, likely entered service with the PLA around 1996 and has been offered for export on the international weapons market. The PLA currently deploys two versions of the KS-1 – one static and one semi-mobile version. The mobile version is mounted on a 6x6 truck and features a turntable with a pair of KS-1 missiles in the "ready-to-launch" position. "A typical battery would consist of one radar and guidance station and four launchers with eight missiles ready to fire and 18 in reserve," Jane’s said. The original KS-1 weighed 900 kg (1,985 pounds) and had a maximum speed of 1,200 meters/second (0.7 mile/second), with a minimum range of 7,000 meters (4.3 miles) and a maximum range of 42,000 meters (26.5 miles). The system is capable of engaging targets traveling at maximum speed of 750 meters/second (2,460 ft./second). The upgraded version, Jane’s said, features a trailer-mounted phased-array radar similar to "one used by the US Raytheon Systems AM/MPQ-53 Patriot SAM system." Analysts believe China was able to obtain the technology for the radar and associated missile systems from abroad – perhaps Israel, with whom China has had a number of "undisclosed programs." Other analysts said, however, that the new radar system for the KS-1A may be a combination of the U.S. system and one employed by Russia for its S-300 (SA-10D) surface-to-air systems, which China has recently acquired. Jane’s said sources believe the new upgraded version is has a greater range and higher ceiling of operation, but "it is not known whether the high-explosive fragmentation warhead of the missile with its radio-frequency proximity fuze has been improved." © 2000 7am.com 7am.com