US-China Relations - 162. page

Huanqiu, the Chinese edition of Global Times, published an editorial on August 7, 2010. titled, “China Should Use its Own Economic Strength to Conquer U.S. Military Power.” Below is a partial translation:

“What is the strength of the U.S. today? It is its military.”
“What is the weakness of the U.S.? Its economic system is sick.”

“China should first deal with the United States in those weak issues. China needs to get closer to the U.S. until it is twisted together through economic cooperation and multilateral diplomacy. Just like two boxers fighting with each other, the weaker one always smartly and strategically approaches and entangles the one who has the longer arms and heavier fists. This kind of closeness will make the U.S. attitude toward China become diversified. Any extreme policies against China will be subjected to strong domestic resistance. China can get this done without problems.”

Source: Huanqiu, August 7, 2010
http://mil.huanqiu.com/Exclusive/2010-08/994960.html

According to a Huanqiu article, as long as the U.S. dollar remains the currency for debt settlement and reserve, it can easily mobilize resources throughout the world to launch and win any war.

The article said, "No country, regardless of its economic power, can mobilize global resources for its own use as the U.S. can. The U.S. dollar hegemony has in fact become the amulet protecting U.S. national interests and global military presence. … In other words, unless the dollar is beaten down, there is no country in the world that can compete with the U.S. in war. … Using war to get rid of many difficulties is still today’s top choice in the best interest of the U.S.”

Source: Huanqiu, August 7, 2010
http://mil.huanqiu.com/Exclusive/2010-08/994965.html

Guanming Observer published a comment on U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and subsequent deployments in Asia. It predicts that the U.S. will likely withdraw from Iraq next year, thus ending the 10-year military adventure, which has gone nowhere.

Given the large contingent of 50, 000 military advisors, military instructors, security guards and other personnel, plus 94 military bases, the U.S. is not withdrawing. The article warns that a defense line has already been formed. The U.S. plans to monitor China from a South Korean island, resume cooperative activities with Indonesia Special Forces, support Vietnam in its dispute with China over territories and encourage India to restrain China’s naval expansion. “Thus, it is an illusion that the United States is backing away from Iraq. … Its next targets are China and Africa.”

Source: Guangming Observer, August 5, 2010 http://guancha.gmw.cn/content/2010-08/05/content_1205161.htm

A Xinhua article proposes preemptive diplomacy to handle a dilemma posed by the U.S. presence in Asia.

According to the article, if China reacted to America’s attempts to restrain China, it would prove the accusation, that China will not rise peacefully, is true. If, on the other hand, China did nothing, its national interests would suffer and it would not do any good to promote a peaceful rise. Thus, the article recommends preemptive diplomacy: “As China has more and more external interests at heart, it should act to safeguard when needed and to be on the offensive when appropriate, as well as to provide more clarifications and explanations.”

Source: Xinhua, August 9, 2010 http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2010-08/09/content_13988031.htm

International Herald Leader, a Xinhua newspaper, published an article on August 2, 2010, regarding that the USS George Washington aircraft carrier was not (at that time) heading to the Yellow Sea, and that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared, “The United States’ has a national interest in the territorial disputes over islands in the South China Sea.”

According to the article, “When talking about future maritime relations with other countries, China must first consider the Chinese Navy’s continuous development in accordance with the rules for the development of the naval forces of the world’s naval powers. That is to say, China cannot and it is impossible to slow down the development of its own naval forces because of the diplomatic concerns of other countries, not to mention that it would be conducting ‘self-inflicted mutilation.’”

“China should reject the U.S. attempt to link maritime security issues with issues of U.S. concern in terms of China-U.S. relations.”

Source: International Herald Leader, August 2, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2010-08/02/content_13952534.htm

China should reconsider its practice of importing U.S.-trained Chinese, states a Guangming article. The article is critical of the practice of hiring U.S.-trained Chinese for corporate leadership positions in China, warning that there is no question that the U.S. can implant spies with titles such as president, senior consultant, or professor.

“No one can compete with the U.S. on this. If we let it be, our international recruitment would be inviting robbers into our homes. We would be handing over the critical positions that lead our economy to others.”

“Preventing sabotage by those talents is an issue that deserves special attention. … If we open the books of the history of our republic, when has the U.S. ever slacked off sabotaging us?”

Source: Guanming Observer, July 27, 2010
http://guancha.gmw.cn/content/2010-07/27/content_1193491.htm

On July 21, 2010, Huanqiu, the Chinese edition of Global Times, published an article by someone called Su Hao, who claimed that he had recently visited the U.S. State Department and talked with Washington D.C. officials, think tanks and some U.S. scholars.

Su Hao said, “The U.S. is ‘taking action quietly,’ enhancing America’s influence in East Asia and especially Southeast Asia. … The U.S. is conducting a lot of investigations and doing research on China and the countries around China.”

According to Su Hao, "The hidden activities that the U.S. is conducting”  are aimed at weakening China’s influence in East Asia, damaging relations between China and its neighboring countries and eventually constructing a U.S. led international order in the Asia-pacific region.

Source: Huanqiu, July 21, 2010　
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-07/945457.html

Xinhua published an editorial critical of U.S. Secretary of State Clinton’s remarks at the ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting about U.S. interests regarding the disputed South China Sea Islands.  

“These remarks show the interest by foreign forces in intervening in the South China Sea. The underlying motives and the possible impact thereof are worth our attention and alert (toward) the neighboring countries in the South China Sea.”

The editorial warns that whenever there are territorial disputes, western forces will first incite discord in the region and then pose as arbitrators to divide and rule the disputing countries.

Source: Xinhua, July 27, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-07/27/c_12379898.htm