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The Growing Danger of China and Russia
American network television anchorman Dan Rather soberly reminded newspaper readers
recently that "the world remains a tough, dangerous neighborhood" and that big trouble
may be brewing for the West in China and Russia. He concluded his article in The
Houston Chronicle with a comment the two nations bear close watching, especially
in the near future.
This year the news out of Beijing has not been good for the West. For instance, President
Jiang Zenin asserts that socialism will defeat capitalism and China will continue
its path under Marxism. The Chinese government frequently makes threatening noises
against Taiwan, which the Western press used to refer to as Nationalist China. Beijing
thinks in terms of "one China" and has sold Western countries on this concept. Even
so, the West does not want Chinese unity with Taiwan if it involves military force
from the mainland.
The disturbing news that China has the technology to build a neutron bomb greatly
concerns Western nations. This type of nuclear weapon is designed to kill many people
with deadly radiation while leaving inanimate objects--buildings, bridges, roads,
etc.--intact. Beijing is supposedly making "final preparations to test-fire a new
mobile intercontinental ballistic missile that the CIA believes will incorporate
stolen U.S. missile and warhead secrets." And we thought the Cold War was over.
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