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China suspends military ties with US

China suspends military exchanges with the US and threatens to impose sanctions on US arms companies over a Washington decision to sell weapons to Taiwan.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=117442&sectionid=351020404



China renews US arms-sale warning

"China is resolved not to yield or compromise on this issue. China's army will be determined in fighting against any conduct that threatens China's sovereignty, integrity and national security."

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/01/201013172334633535.html



Scenarios: How could China hit back at U.S.?

Beijing has not said how it may retaliate. Here are some of the steps it could take.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60T0IK20100130



Thousands in Tokyo Protest Against US Troops in Japan

On Saturday, labor unionists, pacifists, environmentalists and students marched through central Tokyo, yelling slogans and calling for an end to the U.S. troop presence.

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US deal forces China to boost defense budget

It would be justified and proper for China to increase military expenditure as the US has posed a threat and challenged China's core strategic interest by planning a $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan, Chinese experts said.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/01/content_9404320.htm



China, Iran Spur U.S. to Develop Air-Sea Battle Plan

The U.S. military is drawing up a new air-sea battle plan in response to threats such as China's persistent military build-up and Iran's possession of advanced weapons, according to the Pentagon's latest strategy review.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=ajDFeH4dy2qo



China to establish military bases overseas

China has signaled that it wants to establish military bases overseas, following US steps to portray India as a regional super power.

http://pakobserver.net/201001/30/news/topstories11.asp


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Will the dragon awake?

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

02/01/10

Imagine if Texas governor Rick Perry carried out his half-serious suggestion that Texas secede from the Union, and China opted to sell the Republic of Texas $6 billion worth of Patriot missiles, Blackhawk helicopters, and sophisticated detection systems — for ‘defensive’ purposes only, of course. Washington would rightly consider this very close to an act of war. To the Washington Post, however, other nations have no right to assert their sovereignty: indeed, such impertinence is usually punishable by having ‘rogue nation’ status conferred upon the ‘transgressor,’ who is from that moment a prime candidate for ‘regime change’...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/01/31/will-the-dragon-awake/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Understanding China
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The Chinese yuan is preparing to overtake the US dollar as the world's reserve currency, economist Nouriel Roubini has warned.

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US Backing for World Currency Stuns Markets

US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner shocked global markets by revealing that Washington is "quite open" to Chinese proposals for the gradual development of a global reserve currency run by the International Monetary Fund.

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Asia will author its own destruction if it triggers a crisis over US bonds

Japan beware, crashes have a habit of bringing regime change.
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Seth Sandronsky, Truthout: "A bit like Malcom X, author Minqi Li used prison time to read widely. The latter studied radical political economy for two years when Chinese leaders locked him up for a critical public speech after the Tiananmen upsurge in 1989. That was then. He is an author and assistant professor of economics at the University of Utah now. Li's 'The Rise of China and the Demise of the Capitalist World Economy' is a must-read for all concerned with the future of the earth and its people."

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Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

04/13/09

The Pentagon’s annual publication, ‘Military Power of the People’s Republic of China 2009,’ accused China of stocking its military with weapons that can be used to intimidate or attack Taiwan and mitigate U.S. air and naval superiority near its territory. Even if the Department of Defense’s report has not exaggerated the threat from China — unlikely since the department has an inherent conflict of interest in evaluating threats and building weapons to counter those threats — the report is good news. You would never know it by the statement of Ike Skelton, Democratic Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, who warned that ‘China’s military budget continues a trend of double-digit increases and questions remain about China’s strategic intentions.’ Unfortunately, no questions exist about U.S. strategic intentions, even under a new more liberal president...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2475


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AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

03/11/09

[T]he Chinese, even more than we, are well aware that America’s moment may be passing. The biggest holders of U.S. debt are Chinese state-owned companies. No wonder they’re resentful of our spy ship trawling their coastline: after all, they paid for it. What ought to be worrying the Obama administration is that the interest they’re getting on their loan may not be enough to cover their national pride deficit. We may have the mightiest military in the world, but if the Chinese stop buying our debt, then the whole structure of the American warfare-welfare state will come tumbling down with astonishing rapidity...

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=14384


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Asia Times
by Spengler

12/01/08

America outspends China on defense by a margin of more than six to one, the Pentagon estimates. [1] In another strategic dimension, though, China already holds a six-to-one advantage over the United States. Thirty-six million Chinese children study piano today, compared to only 6 million in the United States.[2] The numbers understate the difference, for musical study in China is more demanding.It must be a conspiracy. Chinese parents are selling plasma-screen TVs to America, and saving their wages to buy their kids pianos - making American kids stupider and Chinese kids smarter. Watch out, Americans - a generation from now, your kid is going to fetch coffee for a Chinese boss...

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JL02Ad01.html


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Independent [UK]
by Hamish McRae

10/22/08

On present trends China will take over from the US as the world’s largest economy in about 20 years’ time. Of course that is not certain but if the Goldman Sachs economic growth model continues to reflect correctly the way the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are gaining growth vis-à-vis the present developed nations, something like that will happen. That raises a stark question for the US: is it really wise to be so in hock to your greatest commercial rival, the only country that has threatened your economic supremacy for more than a century?

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hamish-mcrae/hamish-mcrae-america-must-live-within-its-means-968552.html


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For China these days it seems that nothing -- not rising energy prices; not sanctions aimed at its more unsavoury business partners, Burma and Sudan; not even the prospect of a nuclear Iran -- can curb its thirst for oil.

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