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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (10166)	11/12/1998 10:46:00 AM
From: Charles A. King	Respond to of 13091

Off topic - Red China is working hard to get Americans to invest in China, holding out the carrot of enormous future profits in coming years. Many Americans have taken the bait including us. We can easily see that there is something big there for us and we think the official government policy is to work toward building good mutual relations with America and Americans. But there are still political issues simmering in the background that we need to keep in mind. There is the issue of China's violent invasion and occupation of Tibet, its suppression of democrats and Christians, its border disputes with its neighbors, and the issue of Taiwan which it claims for itself. The only thing which kept China from invading Taiwan over the years is the US fleet. We still have China checkmating our official policies in trying to control the world's monsters such as Sadaam Hussein of Iraq. China sells its high tech military equipment to countries like Iran and we think it supports Pakistan's development of its nuclear weapons capability. China's eager development of its economy is a two edged sword for the rest of the world. The more it converts to capitalism with our help, the stronger it will grow economically, and the more powerful it will become. Now there is another issue beginning to boil. There is a collection of islands in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands (by us English speakers). The highest point above mean sea level is 4 meters, and the region is used mainly by fishermen. But there is the possibility of oil being discovered there, and now the islands are being claimed by Vietnam, China, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Malaysia, with Brunei declaring "an exclusive economic zone". With the possibility of future riches, the possibility of future bloodshed looms. We have had a long standing mutual defense relationship with the Philippines for generations, but in recent times, the Philippines have decided it was time to send the USA out of its national defense installations for whatever internal political reasons. Now in a classic exercise of pure gall, it is referring to its "mutual defense treaty" with us in its dispute over its claims to the Spratlies. FOCUS-Manila cites U.S. pact in dispute with China 06:40 a.m. Nov 12, 1998 Eastern MANILA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The Philippines suggested on Thursday its mutual defence treaty with the United States would be critical in deterring further moves by China in the disputed Spratly Islands. And it said China had long-term defence plans for ''covering the Pacific.'' Tension flared between the Philippines and China this week after Manila accused Beijing of building potential harbours for military use on a reef claimed by Manila in the South China Sea islands. ''As far as we see it, the mutual defence treaty (with Washington) may still prove of value to us,'' Defence Secretary Orlando Mercado told the Foreign Correspondents' Association of the Philippines. ''We are not saying that the Americans are going to get involved but if we analyse our strategic position, this alliance with the United States is critical,'' he said. Mercado added: ''The United States is the only remaining superpower now and the language of power is what militarily oriented nations understand. In other words, this country, China, understands the language of power.'' Mercado stressed, however, that the Philippines had not discussed with the United States what Manila says is a Chinese build-up in the Spratlys. ''We don't think there will be a shooting war,'' he said. The 1951 Manila-Washington treaty calls for both countries to aid each other in case of an attack. While the United States has pledged consistently that it will abide by its commitments under the treaty, some U.S. diplomats have said the treaty did not cover disputed territories. Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon said China's presence on Mischief Reef was part of its long-term defence agenda. ''If you look at Chinese defence plans, they are looking way beyond East Asia...They are looking at covering the Pacific,'' he said on Thursday at a Senate hearing on the Spratlys row. ''This is going to be a major challenge in diplomacy in the future,'' Siazon said. Senator and former defence secretary Juan Ponce Enrile said he suspected China was building a military base on the reef. ''They are planning to set up an air defence facility and from there control the entire South China Sea,'' Enrile said. Believed potentially rich in oil and gas, the Spratlys are a cluster of isles and rocky outcrops claimed wholly or in part by China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. The Philippines accused China of sending seven vessels, including two armed naval ships and a cargo vessel, to Mischief Reef last month to expand facilities there. President Joseph Estrada later ordered stepped-up sea and naval patrols around the reef to discourage further entry of ''intruders'' into the area. China has rejected the Philippines' protest, saying the Chinese occupying the reef are repairing fishermen's shelters damaged by nature. Manila said Estrada would discuss the Spratlys row with Chinese President Jiang Zemin next week in Kuala Lumpur on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. infoseek.com:80/Content?arn=a0867LBY145reulb-19981112&qt=china&sv=IS&lk=noframes&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486 For more about the Spratlies, go to cia.gov Click on Spratly Islands. Charles