It's time to stock up on memory chips and cheap computer parts while we still can. Although without power what good will they be? Dexter Graphic China Says War Games Are Routine http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010605/06/int-china-war-games Updated: Tue, Jun 05 6:23 AM EDT BEIJING (AP) - China said Tuesday that war games under way on an island opposite Taiwan are routine annual exercises. "As long as a country has a military force there will be military exercises," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi. The war games are "within the sovereignty, within the territory of China, which has nothing to do with any other countries." Sun said the drills, on China's Dongshan island off the southeastern coastal province of Fujian, were aimed at improving the fighting abilities of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the world's largest military. Sun's low-key description of the maneuvers contrasted with reports in state-run media. They said the Dongshan exercises would practice how to seize an outlying Taiwanese island and attack an aircraft carrier - an apparent references to U.S. naval forces. "The military exercises are routine annual exercises," Sun said. "Don't confuse it with other issues." The state-run Beijing Morning Post newspaper said nearly 10,000 troops were taking part. Their weapons include missiles, amphibious tanks, submarines, warships and Russian-made Su-27 aircraft - among the most modern weapons in China's growing arsenal. The newspaper said the war games, called `Liberation One," would be among the largest the 2.5 million-member PLA has ever conducted.
