----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 1:20 PM Subject: China warns next U.S. president over missile shield [STOPNATO.ORG.UK] STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK China warns future US president over missile shield http://www.spacedaily.com/news/001102092311.h60fidlj.html =============== + =============== Copyright AFP 2000 China warns future US president over missile shield BEIJING (AFP) - November 2nd, 2000 - China Thursday fired a warning shot across the bows of the next US president, warning it would not accept any attempt to develop a missile defence shield. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao declined to comment on whether China favoured Democrat Al Gore or Republican George W. Bush in next week's poll. But he demanded the winner ditch plans for a National Missile Defence (NMD) or a Theatre Missile Defence (TMD) to protect its East Asian allies including Taiwan. Incumbent President Bill Clinton has put off any decision on whether to proceed with the missile shield to his successor, giving the military more time to carry out tests. Zhu urged the United States to preserve and respect the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty. "The United States is a country with the largest and most sophisticated arsenals of both nuclear and conventional weapons in the world and now it is engaging itself to develop NMD and TMD," Zhu told a regular briefing. "Such an act is contrary to the trend of the times because it is not conducive to the international efforts of disarmament and arms control. It will also exert a lasting negative impact on world peace," he added. "The Chinese side expresses serious concern and in particular if the US is to develop TMD and to include Taiwan, this is something that will be by no means accepted by the Chinese side." Republican candidate Bush, who has taken a more hawkish line towards China than Clinton, believes the United States should abandon the ABM treaty and deploy a large missile shield to cover the United States as well as its European allies. China and Russia fiercely oppose any attempts to alter the ABM, and both countries sponsored a resolution passed by a UN arms control committee on November 1 calling for the treaty to be respected. Beijing considers Taiwan a rebel province and it repeatedly warns that it has the right to use military force to bring the island back under its control. Military experts say China has been building up missiles along its southern coast and it is alarmed that any deployment of TMD that included Taiwan would nullify that threat immediately. All rights reserved. � 2000 Agence France-Presse. The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain or owned by another bonafide party, are Copyright 1995-2000, Simon Mansfield - Spacer.Com =============== + ================ Support Antiwar.com http://Antiwar.com; and 'Spirit FM' Catholic Christian radio (90.5-FM, Tampa, Fla. USA) http://www.spiritfm905.com; and Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space http://www.space4peace.org + Blessed are the nonviolent peacemakers. Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Help me speak truth to power. Please pray for one another. Be merciful. Love your enemies. Forgive those who've hurt you. Hallelujah to the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins of the world. Come quickly, Jesus Christ, son of God and Prince of Peace. Deo Gratias. + ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb
