Comments on: Opening Up the PLA

By: stephen russell

stephen russell — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:42:31 +0000

The more U know the better,Know thy enemy.
Helps in planning & war gaming & policies.
If we trade with them , why not examine the PLA & PLN etc.
Examine Tech, Tactics & Training.
BUT dont give out US secrets.
Wine & dine in Hong Kong Macau area.
Use Phillpines as Fwd base for Chinese Relations esp since Games due in 8–08

By: Drive By Thought

Drive By Thought — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:45:06 +0000

“such steps are truly landmark changes in the relationship of the two nations.” <-Let’s see how long that lasts.
I mean remember here, Republicans are war mongers. Democrats are “globalists”, and least if I buy what the back of the baseball card tells me. Point being, the current U.S. leadership understands how to engage with other foreign military leaderships.
The next potential administration would simply tell the potential ChiCaps that ChiCom was the way to go all along.

By: Roy Smith

Roy Smith — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:55:04 +0000

This may seem off topic,but I'll get to my point.I remember getting into a discussion with a British nurse in 1993 about Hong Kong's return to China in 1997 & the UK's refusal to allow British subjects with valid passports to leave Hong Kong & move to the UK simply because they were Chinese,even though most were born & raised to be British subjects.She said they couldn't come to the U.K. because "they were Chinese you see." I'm sorry that I never though t rebut her be saying,"You mean to say,'because they are not white you see'." Anyway,so the UK gives Hong Kong with her inhabitants over to China.The British governor gives them a constitution garunteeing civil rights before they are fed to the Chinese lions & the UK leaves. So,well I think China is just being like Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe & Mbeki of South Africa,waiting for a sufficient amount of time passes before they let the hammer fall & oppress the people of Hong Kong.Right now,its just a "Potemkin Village" to impress the world about how benevolent the Chinese government is. Concerning Taiwan,the only thing that China wants from it is its location in controlling shipping to Japan & South Korea.Also,because of the imbalance of men of marrying age outnumbering women almost 100 to 1.They'll most likely kill every Taiwanese male on the Island,because they have enough Chinese males & keep alive all of the Taiwanese women to reduce the imbalance that they have right now.Then,maybe they'll finally do the same thing with hong Kong & Macao & wipe their males out & keep the women alive.After all,the males of Hong Kong & Macao are most likely immune to having to serve in the military like West Berliner males were excempt from serving in the west German army & thus of no value to Beijing.

By: slntax

slntax — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:10:30 +0000

hey lets not get it twisted the chinese are not our allies and their past actions prove me so. over and over they try to steal our tech and attack us covertly. so all this is friendly posturing is just that posturing. the real facts are on the ground is that they are building projection forces to take and hold Taiwan and secure and control the Asian shipping lanes.

By: SMSgt Mac

SMSgt Mac — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:58:22 +0000

Re: "Chinese military officers in the United States tend to have more restrictions placed on them than many other foreign representatives, including officers from the Russian Federation." I suppose that is an improvement of sorts. In the 80's I sat through a brief on China in preparation of some of their generals visiting Hill AFB. The briefer noted that the Chinese view of equal treatment between representatives of different governments meant that they treated everyone the same: poorly -- while they expected to be treated like 'more equal' equals. Shortly thereafter I was startled by the sight of three big-hatted PRC officers (there is no mistaking that funky green) standing on a sidewalk near the BX watching F-16s in the pattern without an escort in sight. I'm sure there had to be SOMEBODY "with" them if only for protocol purposes, but you couldn't ID who it might be because they were standing all alone.