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China superpower by 2030, says study

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WASHINGTON: China may challenge the US' status as the world's sole superpower by the year 2030, a Pentagon study has said.

The study, quoting US defence secretary William Cohen, has said the country may face peer rivals in China and possibly Russia, within the next three decades. The study, which also quoted several Chinese strategic writings, showed the Communist country was equally optimistic about its growth as a world power.

Analysts hold that the Pentagon report had prompted Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's recent remark to the House International Committee that the US might consider China its ``strategic partner'' sometime in future, but not at present.

Analysts said US media, used to briefings by officials on changes in policy, missed the significance of Albright's statement. The officials did not draw media attention to this major policy shift because they merely wanted the statement to be on record without being highlighted on the eve of deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott's Beijing visit.

For the present, the Clinton administration seems to favour serving China's goal of being the Asian power --as distinct from an Eurasian power like Russia or a trans-Pacific power like America, they said.

``If the Chinese were to comprehend the damage that our own elite have done to our self-confidence and sense of worth as a people, they might decide to move up their timetable. With so much under assault from within, Chinese strategic thinkers may be over-estimating the difficulty they will have with us,'' says an analyst. (PTI)

) Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 2000.



-- Possible Impact (posim@hotmail.com), February 22, 2000

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Sure is helpful to control the Panama Canal

-- Fractal (bobalex@silverlink.net), February 22, 2000.

I got a feeling,China as a Superpower will handle their Status,more responsible,than"WE"have.

-- Warorpeace? (no@excuse.4war), February 22, 2000.

Warorpeace-- Your patriotism underwhelms me... I suggest that you read a little history on the subject before you offer your opinion in a public forum. Ever hear of:

The Great Leap Forward
The conquest of Tibet
The Cultural Revolution
The Tiananmen Square massacre
The persecution of Falun Gong members
?

You appear to be a product of our modern public "eductional" system, wherein political "correctness" has triumphed over truth and principle. Go somewhere else and grow up, will you?

-- Cherokee (Cherokee@qtmail.com), February 22, 2000.


Cherokee(read up on them,while You're at it)It doesn't take a literary Giant to check back on a few Items in History. Before You work Yourself up into a Lather,regarding the Attack on Pearl.Hawaii at that Time was neither a State of the Union or legitimately occupied,rather taken from the then ruling Queen of Hawaii by military Force.Plenty Info on that one available. Now lets go on to some of the Highlights. Nuclear Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima(no one else on this Globe has done this,not even "the Evil Empire". Civilian Bombing of Dresden,25,000 dead in one Day. Attack on Korea,to this Day the People are not united. Attack and War on Vietnam,Milai Massacre,Nepalm,Agent Orange. Attack on Grenada,(still remember that Hero,that pulled that one off?) Attack on Somalia,(those "BAD WARLORDS") Attack on Iraq,bombing and Terrorizing them to this Day.Yeah,yeah,I know, they attacked Kuwait,since ancient Time part of Iraq,taken away by military Force and declared A Country.Something You might ponder:How can a "Country"the size of a County come up with all that Oil?Simple:It's being pumped out right from under Iraq.Of course I know,that would not bother You,right? Next War and Bombing:Yougoslavia(Kosovo) Great new Wars I am sure are being dreamed up right now,for the Benefit of Mankind.Weapons of Mass Destruction are being designed and tested,not where YOU think.While You are on the Chore of thinking,at no Time has the American Mainland ever been under Attack by Invasion.A little Bit of self Examination and Investigation of our fragile Glass House might be in order. Patriotism-the last Refuge of Scoundrels....,I guess that we fit in,the "Suckers".

-- Peace (not@nother.one), February 22, 2000.

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