China On Cheney's Bad Side Over Anti-Satellite Testing

   I see that V.P. Cheney is flapping his face at China while he is in Australia doing the Bush Crime Family pro-war tour. It would seem that Cheney has a problem with China testing their anti-satellite weapons system after China has said that they want a peaceful rise as a global power.

   Mr. Cheney seems to forget that China may have stayed out of the anti-satellite business if it weren't for the United States being so aggressive towards most other countries. Since this administration has plans for a space defense system of its own, who can complain if another country wants one for themselves?

                                  

AP

Washington and key Asian allies such as Japan have expressed concern that China's Jan. 11 firing of a missile at a defunct weather satellite — making it only the third nation after the United States and Russia to use weapons beyond the Earth's atmosphere — undermined efforts to keep weapons out of space. China says the test was for scientific purposes.

Also, China said in late December it was strengthening its military to thwart any attempt by Taiwan to push for independence, but vowed that it was committed to the peaceful development of its 2.3 million-strong military, the world's largest.

 

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