[Via... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Vicki Andrada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 1:26 AM Subject: Re: [Cuba SI] COLD WAR II AGAINST CHINA? Hi all! I am writing to clarify something in my mind. From what I've been hearing from the media China sounds like it'd like to be as imperialist as the USA is currently. There is a difference between "like to be" and 'already is' - isn t there? I will admit that all of these sources are from US media., and I could be completely wrong. I have been before. It wouldn't be the first time the US media has mislead me. It seemed through the spy incident that both sides were vying for power. The US trying to spy on what they could in international waters near China, and China not wanting them even near there territory even if it was in international waters. Was the island upon which the plane landed in international waters? It really worries me for world piece and stability. Can you point me to 'world peace and stability'. Both nations seem headed toward a dangerous course too me. But is it an identical course? I figure it may take some years of the heat building before it gets real bad, but it looks like confrontations between the US and China may only get worse in the future. The US has publicly stated that it is switching from concentrating on Russia to concentrating on China - but has China made a similar declaration? What do you all think? Do I have China all wrong wanting to be an imperial power? Imperial powers occupy other countries by armed force, terrorise countries with bombing raids and use other countries as colonies - does China show such traits? Of course the USA has had know challenge since the Soviet union, so they certainly don't want one from China. What was the 'challenge' from Russia? Inquisitively, Bill.
