we pay attention. WHAT are they trying to say to us now?
From the article...
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The Pentagon took the unusual step of releasing the report late Saturday night.
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Smoke and mirrors...it isn't what they say, but it's somewhere hidden in there.
So, we are looking for higher prices for imported goods from China or a ban to the US?
I'm too tired to get it, but there is something hidden here and I'm sure someone can catch this whose wits are sharper than mine at this time!
EDIT:
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Bush's comments to Chinese President Hu Jintao, released by China's Foreign Ministry, appeared to be an attempt to soothe Beijing's anger over Washington's decision to permit Taiwanese Vice President Annette Lu to stop in two U.S. cities before and after a Latin America tour.
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So, what is up with this visit to the US? Will Lu ask to stay in the US and have them intervene on Taiwan's behalf? :think:
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BEIJING: China blames US for worsening Taiwan tieshttp://www.sinolinx.com/frame/sinolinx.php?XML=internetnews7421mkw90sinolinxnewsfeed8834vvx345751&url=http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/World/20040601084044/Article/indexb_html<snip>
The United States was lashed after criticising China for developing a variety of "credible military options" to prevent Taiwan from achieving independence.
The US Department of Defence also warned in a new report that this included tools to discourage the US from coming to the island's aid in a conflict with the mainland.
China has approximately 500 short-range ballistic missiles deployed in Nanjing military district and pointed at Taiwan.
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Some of these weapons are believed to be capable of hitting US military bases in Okinawa, Japan. — AFP
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EDIT #3:
China makes oil discoveryhttp://www.sinolinx.com/frame/sinolinx.php?XML=internetnews7421mkw90sinolinxnewsfeed8834vvx345751&url=http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm?id=152w2761%26Section=Industries%26page=Oil%20%26%20Gas%26channel=International%20Oil%20News%26objectid=A03FB4A7-CB9B-11D5-86AC00D0B74A0D7C<snip>
BEIJING, May 31, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- One of China's state-run energy companies said Monday it had made the largest oil reserve discoveries in the last decade in the country's northwest.
The China National Petroleum Corp. was quoted in the China Daily as saying the oilfield, located in the Xifeng region of the Erdos Basin in Gansu province, had proven reserves of 108 million tons.
A senior geologist at CNPC's exploration research institute called the site a medium-sized oilfield that could have an annual production capacity between 2 million and 3 million tons. Initial oil production at Xifeng will start at 930,000 tons, a figure the company hopes to increase to 2 million tons by 2006.
The Erdos Basin extends over five Chinese provinces: Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. It is covered by a fine, loosely packed and highly unstable soil known as loess. CNPC believes oil and gas resources in the Erdos to be 2.85 billion tons.
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Add to this, the fact that China is looking to Canada and France to develop OTHER energy source technology since they are not heavily laden with oil/gas distrubution infrastructures.