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PLA officer threatens America: 'China is not Iraq'
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Special to World Tribune.com
EAST-ASIA-INTEL.COM
Thursday, June 16, 2005
A high-ranking Chinese military officer said an "unbearable cost" would be inflicted on the United States if it intervened in a conflict over Taiwan.
The PLA officer, who was not identified by name, told the PRC-owned Wen Wei Po newspaper in Hong Kong that President Bush's recent comments on Taiwan amounted to interference in China's internal affairs.
"China is not Iraq," said the officer who is involved in Taiwan issues. "If another country takes action and gets involved in disputes across the Taiwan Strait, there is no doubt that the Chinese troops will make them pay an unbearable cost for such attempts."
The officer noted a recent Chinese defense white paper that said China opposes Taiwan independence and opposes any country "that sells weapons to Taiwan and forms a military alliance with Taiwan in any form."
"We will never allow anybody to separate Taiwan from China in any form," the white paper states, explicitly criticizing the United States for what it claims are U.S. violations of the three communiqués that govern U.S.-China ties.
East-Asia-Intel,
www.eas-asia-intel.com, June 14, 2005
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