HINA: VIEWING WAR'S AFTERMATH WITH
IRAQ'S DECISIVE DEFEAT LEAVES CHINA'S LEAOERS ANXIOUS
WASHINGTON'S UNRIVALED GLOBAL STATUS AND WORRIED THEY HAY BETARGET" OF US PRESSURE. BECAUSE THE CHINESE MILITARY HAS
RELIED FOR YEARS ON ENTRENCHED GROUND FORCES TO COUNTER
TECHNOLOGY, THE COALITION'S OVERWHELMING VICTORY ALSO
BEIJING'S HILITARY PRIORITIES. CHINA RECOGNIZES. HOWEVER, THAT
HAS LIHITEO OPTIONS ANO NEEDS SMOOTH RELATIONS WITH the US.
COHMENTS OF CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY ADVISERS TO US
SUGGEST BEIJING IS GRUDGINGLY DROPPING ITS BIPOLAR WORLD VIEW
RECOGNIZING THE US AS THE SINGLE. UNCHALLENGED SUPERPOWER THATSTRATEGIC VICTORIES IN BOTH EASTERN EUROPE AND THE CHINESE LEADERS VIEW THE FUTURE AS FRAUGHT WITHEXAMPLE. FOREIGN MINISTER QlAN QlCHEN LAST WEEK STRESSED THAT
THE WORLD ISTURBULENT PERIOD OF TRANSND
ANXIOUS OVER CHINA'S STRATEGIC VULNERABILITY. THEY
RECOGNIZE THEIR MANEUVERING ROOM HAS NARROWED AND WORRY
WASHINGTON'S UNRIVALED STATUS OFFERS THE US NEW OPPORTUNITIES
PRESS BEIJING ON HUMAN RIGHTS, ARMS PROLIFERATION, AND OTHER
THE ROUT OF IRAQI FORCES HAS PARTICULARLY
HARDLINERS' SUSPICIONS. AK ARTICLE CIRCULATING AMONG SENIOR
REPORTEDLY CHARGES THAT THE US WILL NEXT USE ITS ENERGIES
AME" CHINA jHINESE SCHOLAR HAS TOLD "iJBJfJfJfJfJfJfJfJJ the ARTICLE
WILL SOON APPEAR IN THE AUTHORITATIVE PEOPL^WfrcWftNG
PRESS REPORTS SAY AN INTERNAL MEMORANDUM STRESSES SOLVING
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AS THE ONLY WAY TO DEFEAT HOSTILE WESTERN
AKO AVOID the Fate of EASTERN
9tsplteQUALMS. MOST CHINESE LEADERS PROBABLY
GOOD BI LATERAL RELATIONS REMAIN ESSENTIAL IF CHIHA IS TO REALIZE
ECONOMIC "OOERNIZATI ON GOALS AND TO PROTECT ITS REGIONAL
INTERESTS. DENG XIAOPING REPORTEOLY HOPES TO GAIN LEVERAGETHROUGH CHINA'S STATUSERMANENT MEMBER OF THE UN
1LSQ MAS STRESSED THAT BEIJING SHOULD BE ACTIVE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUT NOT BE SEEN AS LEADING AN ANTI-USSR MOVEMENT OR SEEKING TO SPEAR FOR THE THIRO WORLD, US DIPLOMATS REPORT, CHINESE LEADERS SEE US MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS IN EAST ASIA AS RESTRAINING THE USSR. JAPAN. AND OTHERS SUCH AS NORTH KOREA WHO MIGHT DISRUPT REGIONAL STABILITY, IHH
CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MILITARY MODERNIZATION AND ARMS SALES
HE CHINESE MILITARY'S MAIN THINK TANK REPORTEDLY
THE
HAVES ACADEMIC THAT BEIJING WAS "AGAPE" AT THE SUCCESS OF THE MODERN WEAPONS IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND THAT CHIHA WOULDAJOR MILITARY MODERNIZATION EFFORT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN THE JHEY ALSO SPOKE WISTFULLY OFENEWED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE USHORTCUT TO ACQUIRE MODERN WEAPONS. INTERNALLY, MILITARY IS LIKELY TO INTENSIFY ITS LONGSTANDING ARGUMENT FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR RIO AND PROCUREMENTANGE OF ADVANCED MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES. INCLUDING THOSE USED FOR FIGHTER, GROUND
VlSiMl"DEo "UNITIONS: ANO NIGHT
P"ESSURE FOR REVENUE, CHINESE ARMS MERCHANTS PROBABLY WILL PRESS HARD TO MARKET LOW-TECHNOLOGY WEAPONRY TO IRAQ. IRAQ HAS BEEN CHINA'S LARGEST CUSTOMER, BUYING SOME8 BILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT: BAGHDAD STILL OWES CHINA AS MUCH ASILLION. CHINESE ARMS DEALERS PROBABLY ARE EAGER TO REESTABLISH TIES TO 8AGH0AD AND MAYARD CURRENCY WINDFALL IN HELPING IRAQ REBUILD ITS HILITAHY,|
0
u r
G
a :
N 8
M
E
S
s J
C E
0
u
E S
s
A
G E
SECRET
M E
Original document.
Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic: