-Caveat Lector- http://www.nandotimes.com/no_frames/global/story/0,4382,500271146-500422583-5026 31315-0,00.html Top Chinese general to tour U.S. bases The Associated Press BEIJING (October 21, 2000 8:52 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - A top Chinese general left Saturday to visit bases in the United States as part of efforts to further bilateral military contacts, state media reported. Yu Yongbo, director of the Chinese army's General Political Department, will meet with senior U.S. army officers and civilian leaders, including Undersecretary of Defense Bernard Rostker, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The officials will discuss "issues of common concern" including overall relations between Beijing and Washington. Yu, a member of the Communist Party's Central Military Commission headed by president and party leader Jiang Zemin, will also visit bases and military academies, the report said without providing details. "The activities are believed to be of help to enhancing mutual understanding and improving bilateral relations, especially military ties between the two countries," Xinhua said. Yu's visit "marks another move in the high-level military exchanges between the two countries," it said. U.S. officials have worked painstakingly to nurture military-to-military relations, arguing such contact helps China's secretive military open up and reduces the odds of miscalculations on either side. Critics say the relationship is lopsided, with the Washington giving away valuable information with little to show in return. Recent Chinese military displays and policy papers have indicated Beijing considers the United States its chief potential enemy. China's armed forces are seen as preparing for expected U.S. intervention should Beijing's generals launch an attack on Taiwan, the wealthy democratic island China claims and threatens to take by force if peaceful means fail. Beijing cut off military contacts entirely after the accidental U.S. bombing of China's embassy in Yugoslavia in May 1999. Those ties were restored this summer and have since been strengthened through reciprocal ship visits and trips to China by Defense Secretary William Cohen and other U.S. defense officials. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
