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To: Ilaine who wrote (5860)	7/15/2001 1:05:38 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 74559

>>China Leader Arrives in Moscow By Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press Writer Sunday, July 15, 2001; 7:58 AM MOSCOW –– Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrived in Moscow on Sunday on a four-day visit to sign a landmark friendship treaty between the former Communist rivals and discuss a common opposition to U.S. national missile defense plans. The friendship and cooperation treaty that Jiang and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to sign after talks in the Kremlin on Monday will be the first major treaty since the Soviet collapse 10 years ago. "The friendship and cooperation treaty which I am going to sign with President Putin has a historic importance," Jiang said in statement distributed after his arrival. "It will lay a firm foundation of long-term, healthy and stable development of the Chinese-Russian relations in the new century." "I am sure that the forthcoming visit will help strengthen bilateral political confidence and deepen traditional friendship, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, help further joint development and open a new page in the development of Chinese-Russian relations," Jiang said. Jiang's visit follows the International Olympic Committee's decision on Friday to give Beijing the 2008 Olympic Games. Putin on Saturday sent him a telegram of congratulation. "It's symbolic that such an important decision was made in Moscow just before the historic visit," Putin said. The Cold War-era rivalry between the two Communist giants began to ease in the late 1980s under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, and gave way to what the two countries described as a "strategic partnership" in the 1990s. China has become Russia's key trading partner and the top customer for Russia's ailing defense industries. Russia and China have also found common ground in countering what they believe to be U.S. global domination, and they both strongly opposed Washington's plans to develop national defense against ballistic missiles. The Jiang-Putin meeting follows a successful test Saturday of a U.S. interceptor missile and a series of statements by U.S. officials who said last week that Washington may begin construction of a new missile defense test facility in April 2002. The summit will be closely watched for exactly what language the two leaders will use concerning the U.S. missile defense plans. Both Russia and China warn that the proposed American missile shield would destabilize strategic balance and trigger a new global arms race. Chinese concern is even stronger, because its nuclear arsenal is tiny compared to Russia's and even a limited missile defense could erode its deterrence value. So far, Russia and China have emphasized that their "partnership" is not an alliance against the United States or any other country. Analysts warned that if Russia decides to provide China with even more sophisticated weaponry in response to U.S. plans, Beijing's military buildup will go much faster. China bought some $1 billion worth of Russian weapons last year, retaining its position as the biggest client of Russia's ailing military industrial complex. Beijing has also been buying Russian air defense missiles, submarines and destroyers. While arms accounted for 39 percent of Russian exports to China last year, both countries admitted that other trade was lagging behind. Trade totaled $8 billion last year, and increased by 43 percent in the first five months of this year. Russia is China's ninth largest trading partner, while China is Russia's sixth biggest.<< washingtonpost.com

To: Ilaine who wrote (5860)	7/15/2001 8:29:23 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi CB, Something controversial. To finance a response, the Russians will have to sell more of their goodies faster at lower margin, so as to put more and smaller independently maneuverable warheads on their bigger missiles. The Chinese will have to work harder on "asymmetric combat" and “mass-inundation” approaches that circumnavigate "direct-hit-to-kill" anti-ballistic missile weapon systems. All must work toward security for their own population. Meantime, the folks who want to put a dent in the Empire State Building will do as they were going to do, without any change in script. All in all, the world should be able to enjoy increased trade volume, and spin-off technologies for other endeavors; all very helpful to end the world, oops, I meant the world recession sooner. Now, all bets are off should the Japanese come up with the anti-matter bomb, as such a bomb does not require delivery at the time of combat, but only pre-positioning in geo-stationary orbital positions above the intended target long before any intention for combat, awaiting instructions. Arrival of such instruction to detonate time should take a few nano-seconds. You see, if ABM is scuttled, then, logically, the prohibition of space based weapons will be no more, and the world is then totally … because if Ford cannot make a SUV that is fail-safe, then … Where the ordinary folks in US and China may see things differently, judging by scan of the threads on SI, CNN and of the threads on Chinese portals: China’s winning of Olympic host city is same as Germany 1936. Bush’s winning of the Florida election and his subsequent gift to the world is simply a Texan who does not care what the world wants, but knows what is good for the world. Vs. China’s winning of the Olympic host city is indicative that China cares what the world wants, and Bush’s tenure brings us back to the 1930s where another person did not care but knew what was best. This dichotomy of views would never come across in any CNN news report, and so the CNN media types are able to present, on the one hand, folks in the US believe that most Chinese want to overthrow their own government who has enslaved them, forcing them to work, save, not for their kids, but for the greater glory of conquest and expansion; and on the other, the US is working unselfishly for the greater good of all, even if they do not drive SUVs. On this basis, if we do not believe that good will triumph over evil and right will overcome might, then no investment is safe except gold, because war and preparation for war is inflationary, and once prepared for, the resultant economic weakness can only be overcome by the initiation of war. I will be travelling to Beijing today after three weeks of laziness in HK, and I doubt I will find folks feverishly preparing for war. I will find folks feverishly working, saving, investing, educating and hoping, in face of continued optimism that has lasted 23 continuous years, after a hiatus of 12 years. I am an optimist, after all, even if I do cower in the dark corner, scoped rifle at ready, guarding my platinum and gold:0) Chugs, Jay