SIGHTINGS



China Threatens Neutron
Bomb Attack On Taiwan
Exploiting The Horror To Advance A Cause
 
By John Guthmiller
http://www.etherzone.com/
3-21-00
 
 
 
A Chinese military newspaper on Tuesday lays out in chilling new detail how China could conquer Taiwan -- by force.
 
Beijing's tactics, according to the Haowangjiao Weekly, which is sponsored by the People's Liberation Army, might include a "neutron bomb attack on Taiwan and a nuclear showdown with the United States."
 
KNIGHT RIDDER circuits are first with details of the Chinese paper's manifesto.
 
"The United States will not sacrifice 200 million Americans for 20 million Taiwanese,'' predicted one of the articles in a 16-page special issue of Haowangjiao.
 
The Chinese army publication's "Taiwan special edition" sold briskly at newsstands throughout Beijing, reports KNIGHT RIDDER's Michael Dorgan.
 
The publication describes in detail how "China has developed new, multiple-warhead long-range missiles" and how China could attack "U.S. satellites and military bases in the Pacific."
 
"If that was insufficient, the article said, China would fire a nuclear warning shot in the Taiwan Strait and threaten the United States with a nuclear attack if it did not withdraw."
 
 
 
Filed by Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereport.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2000
 
China Reveals Nuclear War Plans Against US
3-21-00
 
 
WASHINGTON (UPI) - China's People's Liberation Army has outlined plans, including a nuclear conflict with the United States, to "liberate" Taiwan, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post newspaper reported Monday.
 
The PLA issued a 16-page publication, the Howangjio Weekly, that was devoted to Taiwan, that was sold on street corners. In contrast, most Chinese newspapers had little to say about Taiwan's pro-independence vote.
 
The publication included plans to send 200,000 fishing vessels with a two-million-strong invading force to take over Taiwan. It also included photographs of what it said were the most advanced secret weapons in the world. These included laser weapons to disable the U.S.-owned F-17's guidance systems, the newspaper said.
 
The PLA has reportedly been working on a new generation of nuclear weapons, the publication said, and it outlined steps by which China would threaten the United States with nuclear war. China would then sway U.S. public opinion by making economic concessions, and it would increase arms purchases from Russia, the Post reported.
 
It would then stage a limited attack on Taiwan and if that failed, China would mobilize its people into exercises that would show that it is preparing to survive a nuclear war, the newspaper said.
 
"The United States will not sacrifice 200 million Americans for 20 million Taiwanese and eventually they are going to back down," the publication said.
 
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