From The Indian Express, via China National News:
‘The main purpose is not to attack the US. It is to throw a monkey wrench into decision making process in Washington, to make the Americans think, and think again, about intervening in Taiwan, and by then, Chinese have moved in.’ -Lin Chong-pin, former Taiwanese dy Defense minister
A Top-To-Bottom modernisation is transforming the Chinese military, raising the stakes for US forces long dominant in the Pacific. Several programs to improve China’s armed forces could soon produce a stronger nuclear deterrent against the United States, soldiers better trained to use high-technology weapons, and more effective cruise and anti-ship missiles for use in the waters around Taiwan, according to foreign specialists and US officials.
In the past several weeks, President Bush and his senior aides, including Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Director of Central Intelligence Porter J. Goss have expressed concern over the recent pace of China’s military progress and its effect on the regional balance of power.
