What is going on with China, Rummy?

[wnes]

The following is from a single click on a google news link. I don't know what audience Xinhua (English) news is selling to.

China poses no threats to other countries: Rumsfeld
Xinhua, China - 1 hour ago
SINGAPORE, June 4 (Xinhuanet) -- China poses no threats to other countries including the United States, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said on Saturday ...

Rumsfeld Warns Region About Chinese Military Buildup
Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour ago
By Mark Mazzetti, Times Staff Writer. SINGAPORE -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Saturday that the rapid development ...

China will wither without political change: Rumsfeld
Taipei Times, Taiwan - 2 hours ago
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday said he expects US military ties with India to strengthen over the coming years and predicted that China's ...

China upsetting Asia balance: Rumsfeld
Age (subscription), Australia - 2 hours ago
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has accused China of upsetting the delicate military balance in Asia by expanding its ability to project power at a time ...

World/nation briefs
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 3 hours ago
It is time for China to open its political system as widely as it has eased restrictions on its economy, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said. ...

Rumsfeld Issues a Sharp Rebuke to China on Arms
New York Times, NY - 3 hours ago
SINGAPORE, Saturday, June 4 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, in an unusually blunt public critique of China, said Saturday that Beijing's military ...

Rumsfeld questions China military buildup
MSNBC - 3 hours ago
SINGAPORE - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld issued a blunt challenge to China at a regional security conference Saturday, saying Beijing must provide more ...

Rumsfeld Urges China on Political Freedom
ABC News - 3 hours ago
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, center, claps beside Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Security and Defense Tony Tan, right ...

Democracy will take India ahead of China: Rumsfeld
Times of India, India - 14 hours ago
SINGAPORE: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday that he expected US military ties with India to strengthen over the coming years and predicted ...

[glynch]

Wnes, a good observation.

Just another world tour by the emperor's minions atempting to instruct the locals.

[nappdog]

I just pray that I'm not alive when America and China go to war. That'll be a good one.:rolleyes:

[MartianMan]

That's interesting how the headlines of the same story are presented in multiple ways.

Headlines:
China - No problem
Australia - Problem in ASIA
India - India is getting stronger
US - China is become a bigger problem

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by nappdog
I just pray that I'm not alive when America and China go to war. That'll be a good one.:rolleyes:

Don't worry, America never takes on a worthy opponent, only when it has to (WWII for example).

We are rational people, we only bully the weak.

[mleahy999]

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/06/05/in_china_remarks_rumsfeld_continues_to_push_for_change/

He (Rumsfeld) criticized China for increasing military spending despite the absence of a threat from another country and said the Asian power risks diminishing its global influence unless it opens up its political system.

...A report last month by a US think tank put China's military spending between $69 billion and $78 billion a year, estimated in 2001 US dollars. That ranges between 2.3 percent and 2.8 percent of China's gross domestic product, according to the RAND Corp. That compares with the $430 billion spent by the United States on defense in 2004 -- 3.9 percent of the country's GDP.


Can we put this in the hypocrite or glass house category?

[pirc1]

Originally posted by mleahy999
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/06/05/in_china_remarks_rumsfeld_continues_to_push_for_change/

He (Rumsfeld) criticized China for increasing military spending despite the absence of a threat from another country and said the Asian power risks diminishing its global influence unless it opens up its political system.

...A report last month by a US think tank put China's military spending between $69 billion and $78 billion a year, estimated in 2001 US dollars. That ranges between 2.3 percent and 2.8 percent of China's gross domestic product, according to the RAND Corp. That compares with the $430 billion spent by the United States on defense in 2004 -- 3.9 percent of the country's GDP.


Can we put this in the hypocrite or glass house category?

I guess it is how dare China would want to one day become a military super power, didn't they know US is the only one allow to dominate the world?:rolleyes:

[wnes]

Originally posted by mleahy999
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/06/05/in_china_remarks_rumsfeld_continues_to_push_for_change/

He (Rumsfeld) criticized China for increasing military spending despite the absence of a threat from another country and said the Asian power risks diminishing its global influence unless it opens up its political system.

...A report last month by a US think tank put China's military spending between $69 billion and $78 billion a year, estimated in 2001 US dollars. That ranges between 2.3 percent and 2.8 percent of China's gross domestic product, according to the RAND Corp. That compares with the $430 billion spent by the United States on defense in 2004 -- 3.9 percent of the country's GDP.


Can we put this in the hypocrite or glass house category?

Well, aren't you going to give credits to Rumsfeld and Pentagon for proposing recently to close many military bases in US?

[jo mama]

Originally posted by pirc1
I guess it is how dare China would want to one day become a military super power, didn't they know US is the only one allow to dominate the world?:rolleyes:

i guess they didnt see this

http://www.newamericancentury.org/

[pirc1]

Originally posted by jo mama
i guess they didnt see this

http://www.newamericancentury.org/

This is funny because in China today many believes this is the Chinese century.;)

[deepblue]

Where is SamFisher and his usual PRC bashing post?
Come on lets hear it, you agree with Rummy on the China subject.
:)

[nappdog]

Originally posted by jo mama
i guess they didnt see this

http://www.newamericancentury.org/


The Project for the New American Century is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to a few fundamental propositions: that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; and that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle.

The Project for the New American Century intends, through issue briefs, research papers, advocacy journalism, conferences, and seminars, to explain what American world leadership entails. It will also strive to rally support for a vigorous and principled policy of American international involvement and to stimulate useful public debate on foreign and defense policy and America's role in the world.

William Kristol, Chairman

LOL......and there are actually suckers out there that buy into this crap.:D

[tigermission1]

This is the asian century, not just the Chinese century. But it won't be for another 20 years until Asia dominates the world.

The U.S. won't fade away, we just won't have a preponderance of power relative to the rest of the world anymore. And the Asian economies will sooner or later overtake America's.

I think we are coming to the end of 4 centuries or so of Western domination in the world, it looks like it will be time for the East to take over.