"China and Russia are sending a signal to Taiwan not to go down the road to independence and to the United States not to push them (China) into a corner by backing Taiwan independence forces."
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/22/sinorussia.shtml Russia, China Enter Third Stage of Joint Military Exercises Created: 22.08.2005 18:12 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 18:12 MSK, 11 hours 34 minutes ago MosNews Chinese and Russian military forces are preparing a joint naval blockade and amphibious landing as part of an exercise involving nearly 10,000 personnel and a wide range of weaponry. "Military vessels, fighter jets and amphibious tanks will start three-day live-ammunition combat practice tomorrow," a senior officer of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was quoted by the China Daily as saying. The two armies will focus on an offshore blockade involving guided missile destroyers and jet fighters, a joint amphibious landing by air force and marine paratroopers and a forced evacuation, the paper said. This is due to take place when the third phase of the eight-day "Peace Mission 2005" exercise begins on Tuesday on east China's Shandong peninsula, the paper said. During the second phase of the exercise, which ends Monday, the two sides engaged in joint command operations and the deployment of troops including paratroopers, press reports said. Chinese state press said the exercises were taking place against the backdrop of "the fight against terrorism, separatism and extremism" - usually cited by China within the context of its endeavors to control the northwestern region of Xinjiang, home to a Muslim separatist movement. But experts say the drills are more likely to be aimed at Taiwan. China considers the island part of its territory and threatens to invade if it formally declares independence. "With amphibious landings and naval operations involved, I don't think that the purpose of these exercises is anti-terrorism," Arthur Ding, an expert on the PLA at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan, told AFP. "China and Russia are sending a signal to Taiwan not to go down the road to independence and to the United States not to push them (China) into a corner by backing Taiwan independence forces." According to a report last week in the Russian daily Kommersant, the exercise is being funded by China and reflects a wish in Beijing to send a warning to Taiwan. Some 7,000 Chinese troops and more than 1,800 Russians are involved in the drills. The first phase of the exercise, involving warships, submarines, bombers, helicopters and fighter planes, began Thursday near the city of Vladivostok on Russia's Pacific coast. Russian equipment being tested in the drill included the Il-76 transport plane, the Il-78 refueling plane, the A-50 early warning plane, the Tu-95 MS and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, the Su-24M2 bomber, and the Su-27SM fighter jet, the paper said. Chinese hardware used in the drill was not specified. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hn8dh4s/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705323667:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124769030/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
