-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=212114 Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=212114">Inside China Today Daily News - China Deploys G�</A> ----- China Deploys Guided Missile Forces Around Hong Kong HONG KONG, Oct 23, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) China has deployed specialist air-defense guided missile forces in Shenzhen, neighboring Hong Kong, and its surrounding islands to guard against attacks from Taiwan, a report said Monday. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has set up four PLA camps, including air-defense guided missile troops in nearby Daya Bay, where a joint venture nuclear power plant is located, in Shenzhen and the surrounding outlying islands, the Chinese-language daily The Sun said. While these air-defense forces were not counted as part of the Hong Kong PLA garrison, they would be responsible for defending Hong Kong and Shenzhen against attacks from Taiwan, the daily said. "The central government has considered that to strengthen Hong Kong's defense ability, with less social impact, it is best to set up the air-defense forces in Shenzhen," an unnamed informed source told the daily. The report said at least nine advanced air-defense warning systems have been strategically set up in Shenzhen's downtown area. Shenzhen is China's most prosperous special economic zone set up to attract foreign investment and technology. In August, Ming Pao here reported that the powerful Central Military Commission, headed by President Jiang Zemin, had decided to establish an air defense zone covering Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The Beijing leadership has in past months threatened to invade Taiwan should the island move towards independence, following the election of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party in March. The decision to set up an air defense zone was reportedly in preparation for a possible outbreak of war in the Taiwan Strait as the island may retaliate by directing its missiles at Shenzhen and Hong Kong. A former Taiwanese official under then president Lee Teng-hui had warned in Bangkok in July last year that Taiwan would direct its missiles at Hong Kong if war broke out across the Strait. ((c) 2000 Agence France Presse) � 1995-2000 European Internet Network Inc. All rights reserved. ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <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
