> > http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9901/08/BC-China-Military.ap/index.html > 4. Chinese president tells military to be prepared for threatsJanuary 8, > 1999 > BEIJING (AP) -- Despite the end of the Cold War, China still > considersthe > United States a threat, President Jiang Zemin indicated in a > speechlaying > out the mission of the world's largest military, state media > reportedFriday. > "Hegemonism and power politics still exist," Jiang said, using communist > code words for U.S. dominance. "We must resolutely safeguard the unityof > the motherland and the nation's territorial integrity." > Jiang also urged the military to be prepared to protect China > fromnuclear > attacks from without and separatism from within. > Jiang's remarks were made to a meeting of senior military commanders on > Dec. 25. No explanation was given for the delay, but state > televisionsaid > only part of the speech was made public. > The speech came amid celebrations marking 20 years of successfuleconomic > reforms, and Jiang reviewed the military's progress over the period. It > also occurred as authorities imprisoned dissidents and Jiang promised in > other public speeches that the Communist Party would crush challenges to > its rule. Jiang, who heads the party and its commission that oversees > the > military,reminded the commanders that the 2.9 million-member People's > Liberation > Army was "under the absolute leadership" of the party. > Jiang committed the party to backing the military's modernization sothat > it would be prepared to "ward off preemptive strikes as well > aslarge-scale > wars and nuclear war." > China, a nuclear power since 1964, was startled last year when regional > rival India exploded several nuclear bombs, announcing itslong-suspected > nuclear capability. --------------------
http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9901/08/BC-China-Military.ap/index.html 4. Chinese president tells military to be prepared for threatsJanuary 8, 1999 BEIJING (AP) -- Despite the end of the Cold War, China still considersthe United States a threat, President Jiang Zemin indicated in a speechlaying out the mission of the world's largest military, state media reportedFriday. "Hegemonism and power politics still exist," Jiang said, using communist code words for U.S. dominance. "We must resolutely safeguard the unityof the motherland and the nation's territorial integrity." Jiang also urged the military to be prepared to protect China fromnuclear attacks from without and separatism from within. Jiang's remarks were made to a meeting of senior military commanders on Dec. 25. No explanation was given for the delay, but state televisionsaid only part of the speech was made public. The speech came amid celebrations marking 20 years of successfuleconomic reforms, and Jiang reviewed the military's progress over the period. It also occurred as authorities imprisoned dissidents and Jiang promised in other public speeches that the Communist Party would crush challenges to its rule. Jiang, who heads the party and its commission that oversees the military,reminded the commanders that the 2.9 million-member People's Liberation Army was "under the absolute leadership" of the party. Jiang committed the party to backing the military's modernization sothat it would be prepared to "ward off preemptive strikes as well aslarge-scale wars and nuclear war." China, a nuclear power since 1964, was startled last year when regional rival India exploded several nuclear bombs, announcing itslong-suspected nuclear capability. -------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
