China plays down Taiwan war threat

China plays down Taiwan war threat, but

Tom Lantos, a veteran Democratic congressman, said relations with China were extremely positive but the US needed to tell its “friends in Beijing” that the anti-secession law was aggressive and counter-productive.

He also warned the European Union of a “horrendous” reaction from Congress should it decide to lift its arms embargo on China. Lifting the embargo could create a new source of advanced weapons for China, which already buys arms from Russia and Israel, critics say. China's military modernisation is driven by rapid economic growth, a process underlined by the announcement on Friday that the defence budget would rise in 2005 by 12.6 per cent to Rmb248bn ($30bn).

But as US political power slowly wanes, incidents like this will become increasingly common. The real reason for the continued separation of Taiwan and the PRC is the insistence of the US ruling class. This is same strategy used on the Korean peninsular. The conflict creates control. The Taiwanese business would be making huge profits in the PRC if it were not for the Americans. Instead, they are being extorted to keep buying expensive weapon systems and making campaign donations.

At this stage, no one is prepared to directly contradict the godfather in Washington, but they are gnawing away at the edges. The Europeans and the PRC are drawing closer in order to eventually take on the USA through a strategy of economic and political guerallia warfare.