Henry,
I take his views very seriously. This is
no laughing matter. Not at all.
Barkley Rosser
-----Original Message-----
From: Henry C.K. Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 4:03 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:6723] Re: Re: People's Daily Commentary
>In politics, perception is reality.
>Jiang's perception is every bit as credible as Clinton's. At least Jiang
has
>never been caught lying.
>Jiang is the leader of over one billion people of this world. His
perception
>is of some significant, may be not as important as Greensapn's perception
on
>the correct level of interest rates, but Jiang's self fulfiling authority
is
>not easily discountable.
>Your life and mine may depend on it.
>
>Henry C.K. Liu
>
>"J. Barkley Rosser, Jr." wrote:
>
>> Henry,
>> Ooooooh. Well, if His Excellency, President
>> Jiang Zemin declares that "mistaken bombing"
>> or "accident" is "prevarication" and "can never be
>> accepted" as explanations, that certainly makes
>> it so. I am very impressed.
>> BTW, let us be very clear that "explanation" is
>> most definitely not the same think as "justification."
>> There is no justification for what has happened.
>> Barkley Rosser
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Henry C.K. Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 12:41 AM
>> Subject: [PEN-L:6700] People's Daily Commentary
>>
>> >People's Daily: NATO, Serious Threat to World Peace
>> >
>> >BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- China's leading newspaper, the People's
>> >Daily, has accused the U.S.-led NATO strikes against the Chinese Embassy
>> >in Belgrade as brutal infringement upon
>> >China's sovereignty and national dignity, and a serious threat to world
>> >peace and security.
>> >
>> >In a commentary entitled "Serious Threat to World Peace" to be published
>> >Wednesday, the paper pointed out that the lunatic U.S.- led NATO strikes
>> >against the Chinese Embassy have shocked the whole world and ignited
>> >wide-spread condemnation and indignation among the world people.
>> >
>> >Quoting Chinese President Jiang Zemin as saying, "The U.S.-led NATO must
>> >bear full responsibility for the atrocity, or the Chinese people will
>> >not leave the matter at that," the paper pointed out that any
>> >prevarication such as "mistaken bombing" or " accident" can never be
>> >accepted.
>> >
>> >Development and peace have become the irresistible trend of the world
>> >since the end of the cold war. As a cold-war-time military organization,
>> >NATO, manipulated by the U.S., did not
>> >disband with the end of the cold war, but kept growing larger to the
>> >contrary of the expectation of the world people, said the paper.
>> >
>> >According to its so-called "new strategic concept" made public late
>> >April, NATO has developed from a defensive organization to an offensive
>> >military and political one, which can extend its
>> >military actions to areas beyond the north Atlantic and wage war against
>> >any country without authorization from the United Nations.
>> >
>> >Obviously, this is a new strategic concept of hegemonism inflated, and
>> >NATO's military attack against Yugoslavia bypassing the United Nations
>> >is a practice of this concept, said the paper.
>> >
>> >The paper added the U.S.-led NATO military strike against Yugoslavia is
>> >a downright gunboat policy. In history, the Western powers ran wild by
>> >relying on advanced cannons and boats.
>> >Today, the U.S.-led NATO uses high-tech weapons to wantonly bomb a small
>> >nation and even wantonly raided the embassy of a permanent member of the
>> >U.N. Security Council in flagrant
>> >defiance of the U.N. Charter and basic principles governing
>> >international relations.
>> >
>> >Such new gunboat policy is more fierce and more dangerous, and poses
>> >greater threat to world peace, the paper warned, calling on all the
>> >peace-loving people in the world and responsible
>> >politicians of various countries to be highly vigilant against this
>> >dangerous tendency of U.S.-led NATO.
>> >
>> >The paper stressed that major powers bear unshirkable responsibilities
>> >for safeguarding world peace and security. In their telephone
>> >conversation on May 10, President Jiang Zemin and
>> >Russian President Boris Yeltsin agreed that, as Security Council
>> >permanent members and countries with vital influence in the world, China
>> >and Russia bear strong responsibilities for maintaining justice and
>> >defending peace. They noted that China and Russia have cooperated well
>> >on the Kosovo and other important international issues and will continue
>> >to keep in close contact to make their efforts for the maintaining of
>> >world peace and security.
>> >
>> >The paper finally urged all the peace-loving countries to work together
>> >to immediately halt the extremely barbaric military actions against
>> >Yugoslavia by the U.S.-led NATO in defense of world
>> >peace.
>> >
>> >
>
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