China's strategie voor regionale dominantie

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Chinees vliegdekschip gaat proefvaren

HONGKONG -  Het eerste vliegdekschip dat China heeft gebouwd, zal de komende weken gaan proefvaren. Dat meldde de Hongkong Commercial Daily dinsdag. Die krant meldde eerder ook het bestaan van het vliegdekschip.

Het Chinese leger bevestigde begin deze maand dat China werkt aan de bouw van het 300 meter lange vliegdekschip. Veel inlichtingendiensten wisten al dat de Volksrepubliek daarmee bezig was, maar Peking wilde dat nooit toegeven.

Volgens de krant in Hongkong zal het vliegdekschip vanaf 1 juli gaan varen, maar pas in oktober officieel in de vaart worden genomen. Volgens de bronnen van de krant wil China met het schip de spanning in de Zuid-Chinese zee verminderen. Daar is momenteel ruzie over de grenzen. Naast China claimen ook Vietnam, de Filipijnen, Maleisië, Brunei en Taiwan delen van deze wateren.
http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/10064258/__Proef_Chinees_vliegdekschip__.html?sn=buitenland

Let er vooral even op welk plaatje de redactie erbij heeft geplaatst...hoe ironisch ...wetende dat er van de getoonde Britse carriers waarschijnlijk 1 exit gaat of in de mottenballen.

Het was me al opgevallen... valt wederom onder de categorie "onkunde"

[Elzenga]

Chinees vliegdekschip gaat proefvaren

HONGKONG -  Het eerste vliegdekschip dat China heeft gebouwd, zal de komende weken gaan proefvaren. Dat meldde de Hongkong Commercial Daily dinsdag. Die krant meldde eerder ook het bestaan van het vliegdekschip.

Het Chinese leger bevestigde begin deze maand dat China werkt aan de bouw van het 300 meter lange vliegdekschip. Veel inlichtingendiensten wisten al dat de Volksrepubliek daarmee bezig was, maar Peking wilde dat nooit toegeven.

Volgens de krant in Hongkong zal het vliegdekschip vanaf 1 juli gaan varen, maar pas in oktober officieel in de vaart worden genomen. Volgens de bronnen van de krant wil China met het schip de spanning in de Zuid-Chinese zee verminderen. Daar is momenteel ruzie over de grenzen. Naast China claimen ook Vietnam, de Filipijnen, Maleisië, Brunei en Taiwan delen van deze wateren.
http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/10064258/__Proef_Chinees_vliegdekschip__.html?sn=buitenland

Let er vooral even op welk plaatje de redactie erbij heeft geplaatst...hoe ironisch ...wetende dat er van de getoonde Britse carriers waarschijnlijk 1 exit gaat of in de mottenballen.

[onderofficier]

Chinees vliegdekschip gaat proefvaren

HONGKONG -  Het eerste vliegdekschip dat China heeft gebouwd, zal de komende weken gaan proefvaren. Dat meldde de Hongkong Commercial Daily dinsdag. Die krant meldde eerder ook het bestaan van het vliegdekschip.

Het Chinese leger bevestigde begin deze maand dat China werkt aan de bouw van het 300 meter lange vliegdekschip. Veel inlichtingendiensten wisten al dat de Volksrepubliek daarmee bezig was, maar Peking wilde dat nooit toegeven.

Volgens de krant in Hongkong zal het vliegdekschip vanaf 1 juli gaan varen, maar pas in oktober officieel in de vaart worden genomen. Volgens de bronnen van de krant wil China met het schip de spanning in de Zuid-Chinese zee verminderen. Daar is momenteel ruzie over de grenzen. Naast China claimen ook Vietnam, de Filipijnen, Maleisië, Brunei en Taiwan delen van deze wateren.
http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/10064258/__Proef_Chinees_vliegdekschip__.html?sn=buitenland

[onderofficier]

Ze domineren de hele wereld al....alles wat je om je heen ziet staan is gemaakt in China...

En dat is onze eigen (domme) schuld..... 

De bedrijven gaan naar China (en andere lage-loon-landen) omdat de lonen in Europa steeds hoger worden.
Maar ook omdat de bedrijven steeds meer winst willen maken.

Daarnaast laten de Chinezen ons de dingen ontwikkelen, om het vervolgen na te maken waardoor zij het kunnen aanbieden tegen een lage prijs in combinatie met de lage lonen........

[Oorlogsvis]

Ze domineren de hele wereld al....alles wat je om je heen ziet staan is gemaakt in China...ja zelfs de vibrator van je vrouwtje !
...in ieder dorp op het platteland staat een Chinees restaurant...zelfs in Wieringerwerf (en dat is een gat..joh)
...de muis van mijn computer, mijn computer ..het speelgoed van mijn zoontje..de rekenmachines op mijn bureau..de afstandbediening , de lcd-tv..jezus ik kan nog wel even doorgaan..alles is CHINA...zelfs onze souveniers worden er gemaakt..molentjes en klompjes maar allemaal made in CHINAAAAAAAAA....

[Lex]

Maritime forces to be beefed up amid disputes

BEIJING - China's offshore surveillance force will be beefed up to ensure that the country's maritime interests are fully protected amid increasing disputes with its neighbors. 

By 2020, a total of 15,000 personnel, compared with 9,000 now, will serve in the China Maritime Surveillance (CMS) force under the State Oceanic Administration, a senior official with the CMS, who declined to be identified, told China Daily. 

The CMS air arm will be increased to 16 planes and the patrol fleet will have 350 vessels during the period of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), the official said, adding that the fleet will have more than 520 vessels by 2020. 

Currently, nine aircraft, more than 260 surveillance vessels and 280 law enforcement vehicles are in operation. 

The CMS launched the construction of 36 patrol ships and 54 speedboats last year, the official said. 

The expansion plan was unveiled as China's biggest civilian maritime patrol ship was sent into the South China Sea to protect national "rights and sovereignty". 

Haixun 31, from the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration, under the Ministry of Transport, sailed from Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Wednesday on its way to Singapore for a two-week visit, the Xinhua News Agency said. 

The 3,000-ton, helicopter-equipped ship will monitor shipping, carry out surveying duties, inspect oil wells and "protect maritime security", Xinhua said. 

It also said that the ship will inspect foreign vessels anchored or operating in Chinese waters. 

There have been an increasing number of intrusions by foreign vessels and planes into Chinese waters and airspace in recent years. 

In 2010, the CMS monitored intrusions by 1,303 foreign ships and 214 foreign planes, compared with a combined 110 cases in 2007, the official said. 

The CMS was founded in 1998 and its duties include patrolling territorial waters, monitoring exclusive economic zones and protecting the maritime environment. 

It has bases in Dalian, Tanggu, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Guangzhou and Beihai and an aviation base is under construction in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. 

China is facing new challenges in protecting its maritime rights, Gao Zhiguo, head of the China Institute for Marine Affairs at the State Oceanic Administration, said. 

The China Ocean Development Report 2011, released by the institute in May, also said disputes at sea between China and other countries have been on the rise. 

Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei have competing claims over some Chinese islands in the South China Sea, according to the report. 

Vietnam's navy conducted live-firing exercises on Monday after accusing Chinese boats of disrupting oil and gas exploration in its waters. 

Despite the rising tension, the Foreign Ministry on Thursday reiterated that Beijing will not use force to solve the dispute. 

China is "committed to maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea", spokesman Hong Lei said at a regular news conference. 

Luo Yongkun, a researcher with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, told China Daily that better coordination is needed to solve maritime disputes between China and its neighbors. 

Another senior official from the State Oceanic Administration said last month that the State Council, the Cabinet, is reviewing a regulation on offshore patrolling and law enforcement in China's exclusive economic zones and continental shelf. 

China Daily 
By Wang Qian (China Daily)
Updated: 2011-06-17 07:34

[Lex]

China breidt maritieme patrouillemacht uit

PEKING (ANP) – China breidt zijn maritieme patrouillemacht tot 2020 sterk uit om zijn belangen in de betwiste wateren van de Zuid-Chinese Zee te beschermen. Dat meldden staatsmedia vrijdag.

De website van de Chinese krant China Daily meldt dat de macht wordt uitgebreid van 9000 man naar 15.000. Het aantal schepen groeit van 290 naar 520.

Donderdag stuurde China een van zijn grootste patrouilleboten naar de Zuid-Chinese Zee. De actie volgde op weken van gesteggel met Vietnam en de Filipijnen over de grens van de territoriale wateren.

Vietnam hield maandag een maritieme oefening in de betwiste wateren. De exercities waren zeer tegen de zin van China. Eerder laaide de ruzie tussen Vietnam en China op door een botsing tussen schepen van beide landen.

De zeebodem zou rijk aan gas en olie zijn. De stevig groeiende economieën van de landen in de regio hebben die grondstoffen hard nodig.

Ref. Dagblad,
17-06-2011 08:07

[Lex]

China 'To Target 1,800 Missiles at Taiwan In 2012'

TAIPEI - The number of Chinese missiles targeted at Taiwan is likely to reach 1,800 next year, despite improving ties between the former arch-rivals, Taiwanese media said May 20.

The Liberty Times newspaper cited a military intelligence report as providing the forecast.

Taiwanese experts have estimated that China currently has more than 1,600 missiles aimed at the island, mostly deployed in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces in the mainland's southeast.

The report followed comments made by Taiwan's top intelligence chief Tsai Teh-sheng in March, saying that China was targeting Taiwan with a "new type of powerful missile" known as Dongfeng 16.

"Its range is longer, and it increases the threat to Taiwan," Tsai said then, without giving further details of the weapon or the number that have been deployed so far.

Tensions across the Taiwan Strait have eased since Ma Ying-jeou became Taiwan's president in 2008 on a China-friendly platform.

However, Beijing still refuses to renounce the possible use of force against the island, which has ruled itself since the end of a civil war in 1949, should it declare formal independence.

The Pentagon said in an annual report to Congress last year that China's military build-up against Taiwan had "continued unabated" despite improving political relations.

Taiwan's defense ministry was not immediately available for comment.

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published: 20 May 2011 07:20       

[bergd]

Nu.nl

China levert Pakistan extra straaljagers

(Novum/AP) - BEIJING - China heeft Pakistan tijdens het bezoek van premier Yousuf Raza Gilani aan Beijing vijftig extra straaljagers toegezegd. Het gaat om JF-17 Thunder jets, een toestel dat door China en Pakistan samen is ontwikkeld. Dat heeft een medewerker van de Pakistaanse luchtmacht vrijdag aan het slot van het vierdaagse bezoek van Gilani gezegd.

Over de prijs of andere verkoopvoorwaarden zijn geen mededelingen gedaan. Defensie-experts zeggen dat de JF-17's, die in China bekend staan als FC-1 Xiaolong, voor de relatief lage prijs van vijftien miljoen dollar per stuk worden aangeboden. Een Pakistaans squadron vliegt al met veertien van deze straaljagers, naast Amerikaanse F-16's.

Defensiesamenwerking is een belangrijk aspect van de 'all-weather'-vriendschap tussen China en Pakistan. De regering in Islamabad gebruikt deze term om het verschil met de verhouding tot de Verenigde Staten te benadrukken.

De relatie tussen Washington en Pakistan heeft een forse deuk opgelopen door de Amerikaanse commandoactie tegen Osama bin Laden, die al jaren in Pakistan bleek te wonen. China en Pakistan koesteren ook een gemeenschappelijk wantrouwen tegen India.

[dudge]

Nepal: China's Great Betrayal – Analysis

Written by: SAAG

April 27, 2011


By Bhaskar Roy

Red flags rose among many Nepalese politicians and the pro-China lobby in Kathmandu last week, when Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal, who is also the President of CPN (UML), appointed Lhar Kyal Lama as the Minister of State for Finance in the UML-UCPN (Maoist) government.

It was curious that only a fortnight before Lhar Kyal Lama's appointment, a 15-member high level Chinese military delegation led by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Chief, Gen. Chen Bingde had visited Nepal and met President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Khanal, Nepal's army Chief Chatra Man Singh Gurung and other defence officials. The delegation announced an aid of 30 million Yuan to the Nepali army's non-defence projects. The composition of the delegation and what Gen. Chen told his Nepali interlocutors was very pointed. It was Tibet's security. He made it very clear that China would not tolerate the "involvement of (any) third party in bilateral aspects of Nepal-China relations". Interpreted, Nepali leaders were warned against giving any avenues to the US and some European Union (EU) countries to use Nepal's soil to launch destabilizing operations in Tibet using Tibetan refugees in Nepal or the larger Tibetan diaspora. China's concern about the political situation in Tibet has gone up even higher after the Dalai Lama announced his retirement from politics a month earlier. They are afraid that without the Dalai Lama's restraining hand, activities of the new political leaders of the Tibetan government-in-exile could become more militant and the US could exploit them.

Even more curious is the fact that the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu, according to the Nepali media, lodged an "informal" protest with Prime Minister Khanal and others in the UML on Lhar Kyal Lama's appointment. This was astounding, given the fact that the Chinese government and its Kathmandu Embassy came down like a ton of bricks on a small demonstration by the Tibetan refugees. Nepal even disallowed Tibetans recently from voting for the Tibetan government in-exiles' election of Kalong Tripa, or Prime Minister. And here was the Lama who held high the banner of the Free Tibet Movement backed by the Chinese, with a large wink.


Nepal
The Chinese machinations in Nepal and the betrayal of the Nepali people was exposed by the local newspaper the Kantipur (Apr. 20) when it dug into the activities of this Lama. He was a well cultivated Chinese source embedded both inside the Free Tibet Movement and Nepali politics. As the Minister of State for Finance, he would be able to influence in China's favour and also report on the government's internal policies and thinking. He was a professional source of the Chinese Military Attache's office in the Embassy, according to the report.

Lhar Kyal Lama was known to be close to Jhala Nath Khanal. His appointment as a Minister soon after Gen. Chen Bingde's visit was not surprising as Khanal is also known to be close to China. Therefore, Lhar Kyal, with a controversial background being catapulted to this high position suggests Khanal-China shaking hands behind the back of the Nepali people. The Maoist leadership's mute stand in this case suggests their selling out the country to China.

According to the Nepali newspaper Republican, which found out the background of the Lama, he holds a Nepali passport in the name, an Indian Passport issued from Guwahati on June 12, 1998 in the name of Khenso Chime Tsering, and a Tibetan refugee identity card issued from Mysore, India in 1969, in the name of Lama Chime Tsering. This Lama is also reported to have been involved in several questionable activities including cheating. He was an appropriate candidate to become an intelligence source!

China's silent warfare strategy of implanting agents in an opponent Kingdom's court goes back to around the 6th Century A.D. This strategy is popularly known as the "Assassin's Mace". It has a significant meaning – the assassin is the agent imbedded in the opponent's nerve centre; the mace is a silent weapon, that is, the agent works silently merging into the ambience. In Nepal, China's one Assassin's Mace has been exposed. How many more are there is difficult to say, but one may be assured China does not depend on only one.

The other Chinese ancient strategy states that the enemy's enemy is a strategic friend, and must be aided. This is a disturbing note for China's neighbours that Beijing want to weaken. After the Mao Zedong era, China's pre-eminent leaders and the father of China's modernization, Deng Xiaoping openly declared Mao's strategy of supporting people's revolution in other countries was wrong, and was being discarded.

True to Deng's declaration the Maoist methodology was discarded. But the core of Mao's strategy was transformed into a more sophisticated strategy. This strategy has been revealed with Chinese military support with arms, ammunition and communication equipment to Indian insurgents like United Liberation Front of Assam, the Naga Separatist (NSCN-I/M) and various other insurgent groups in North East India. Hard evidence is available now. But China has worked, in intelligence parlance, through "Cut outs". Then "Cut outs" have been, Pakistan's ISI, anti-India governments in Bangladesh and Chinese arms trading companies about whose activities China can deny knowledge.

There were major questions if China really did have an inimical relations with Maoist when the latter went underground to fight against the monarchy? The pace with China and the Nepali Maoists, especially the Prachanda-Vaidya group, worked together to form a virulent anti-India constituency suggests Beijing kept a discreet but close relationship with the Maoists. Ousted King Gyanendra of Nepal may be realizing now that the Chinese have also betrayed him. Or, is China keeping a line open to him now? Like the Maoist of Yore, Gyanendra now travels more in India, and has no overt contact with China.

It needs no elaboration how China plays and had played games in Nepal. It is, therefore, quite likely that China may be maintaining a deniable contact with the Indian Maoists using the Nepali Maoists. The cross-netting by the Chinese intelligence has placed the Nepali Maoists in such a position that they cannot get out of the Chinese net without losing all credibility with the people. The Maoists now stand to be seen by the Nepali people as selling the country to China. That includes strong pro-China elements in the UML including Jhala Nath Khanal.

The Nepali army is, perhaps, the only institution in Nepal that the Chinese are finding difficult to penetrate. Prime Minister Khanal tried to help this Chinese endeavour. But in an unprecedented move, Nepali army Chief Gurung went on a two-week tour to the United States immediately after the Chinese military delegation's visit to Nepal.

China is trying to signal to India that its current concern in Nepal is not India, but the US and EU. Outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Qiu Guohang, decided to meet (Apr.06) Maoist Vice Chairman Dr. Baburam Bhattarai to convey that trilateral relations between Nepal, China and India should be "developed in a unified manner", and cautioned that to run a government and pursue development activities a "restrained behavior is needed most". Bhattarai is widely known as a top Maoist leader who advocates an amicable relationship with India. Ambassador Qiu's message to the hard line anti-India Maoists that a vitriolic anti-India programme was not opportune at the moment. But it is unlikely that this fine Chinese advice will sink into the minds of the anti-India constituency in Nepal.

At the moment, China has realized that they themselves have instigated a situation in its eastern neighbourhood which has only bought distrust, and a stronger US led coalition against China's threatening behavior.

India must remain alert to these complicated developments in Nepal, which South Block and PMO would have to contend with. But it would be a major setback if India reposed trust in China's signals. The Central Kingdom's strategic net does not inspire a simple response.

(The author is an eminent China analyst with many years of experience. He can be reached at grouchohart@yahoo.com)


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