| On Military Issues |
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| Written by CS Staff | |
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Page 1 of 6 [Editor's note: Below is a translation from an article published on Xinhuanet.com, a website of the Chinese government official news agency, on July 4, 2005, reflecting the messages that Chinese readers get from the government media about the United States.] Why Is the U.S. "Annual Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China" Having a Difficult Birth? During the first term of President Bush, a so-called "Annual Report on the Military Power of People's Republic of China" was published in May every year. At the time of each publication, a big fanfare was created making it a serious matter as if China was really to threat the Asia-Pacific and America's security. There were several reasons why it occurred: arms dealers were there adding fuels to the trouble, accompanied by the shadow of cold war ideology always and the ever-present worries of the future of U.S. hegemony. Now it is the second term of Bush's Presidency. Apparently, the first "Annual Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China" may gain stronger momentum this year. In addition to the above reasons, America's anti-terrorism and hegemony strategy has started to enter a relatively new phase. While the United States continues "great task of anti-terrorism," it focuses on the promotion of two models. One is the "Libya's model" which is to "follow the America's steps" with an attempt of defeating enemy without any battle. The other is to softly promote the "Georgia's model," i.e. the so-called "velvet revolution." Meanwhile, the United States strengthens the effort to divert and restrain China's attention and to shorten "the strategic window" during which China has the opportunity to quickly rise to power. This time, the U.S. "Annual Report on The Military Power of the People's Republic of China" is produced right against such background. But the "world eagles" in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) only paid attention to strategic coordination with the government and neglected the utilization of necessary tactics. Therefore they fully exposed their evil nature. They said, "China's military power has caught up with that of the United States in certain aspects," and they even listed China as "regular threat," "upgraded it to the level of top security alert," and "put it in the same list of terrorism." According to a report, the White House National Security Council was "extremely annoyed" by it. The Council requested twice for revision, saying that this report has been "too odd" and too "frightening." Originally, it was prepared to publish this "report" in May. Although the report won't die, under present international situation its delay in publication speaks for itself. |