Its only a matter of time before the US/Chino war

[Ripsnort]

Yep, you are correct Boroda, apparently it was a Pentagon goof, not a media one:

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China stressed on Thursday the importance of
              military ties with the United States after the U.S. Defense Department
              reversed an order that mistakenly suspended bilateral military
              exchanges.

              "China-U.S. military to military ties are an important component of the
              bilateral relationship," a Foreign Ministry official told Reuters. "Military to
              military exchanges have always been two-way and based on equality
              and consultation."

              A Pentagon spokesman said on Wednesday Defense Secretary Donald
              Rumsfeld had ordered that all of the modest military ties between China
              and the United States be suspended.

              But two hours later, another Pentagon spokesman said the order had
              "misinterpreted" Rumsfeld's intention to subject bilateral contacts such
              as ship visits and military personnel exchanges with Beijing to a
              case-by-case review.

              "We took note of the comments from the Defense Department
              spokesman but we have not yet received a formal notice from the U.S.
              side," the Chinese foreign ministry official said.

              Reuters News Service..

[Krusher]

MrSid, you are correct the US is not the world.

Chinas two largest trading partners are the US and Japan. Japan and the USA have almost half of the worlds (GNP) between them. if you think that China could replace that market with Europe you may be mistaken. The US.  economy is larger than most of Europes combined. And it is almost four times larger than Germanys (Europes largest economy)

China knows where its economic stability lies and it is not in European markets.  

[AG Sachsenberg]

Rip I work for the Pentagon as a contractor, and I have heard of no such thing.  

[Ripsnort]

 

Originally posted by AG Sachsenberg:
Rip I work for the Pentagon as a contractor, and I have heard of no such thing.    

Thank God!  The day our contractors know more than the Pentagon is the day I move to Canada!

That news story was on the AP wire this morning (See above post)

[Maverick]

This mornings newspaper said the Army trashed the beret deal with china. They won't put chinese berets on Soldiers. I'm not sure if that is really going to happen but I for one am not sad to think the beret deal is going away! Damn stupid idea.

Mav

[AG]

 

Originally posted by Ripsnort:
Thank God!  The day our contractors know more than the Pentagon is the day I move to Canada!

That news story was on the AP wire this morning (See above post)

Sad day it is, a lot of the work force is civilian    Cut backs has done its job.  I separated almost 1 year ago and moved a whopping 2 blocks from my old work center.  And BTW where I work I deal with a lot of what is going on in the world.  Search and rescue, Nuc Ops, just to name a few.  Funny I am a contractor but my boss is a 0-6 up at the pentagon some 200 miles away  

HQ/USAF at its finest.

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[This message has been edited by AG (edited 05-03-2001).]