If we are to believe the Gutenberg study, which claims every Chinese officer has read Sun Tzu's 2,500 year old military manual, it is easy to assume that China's internal military structure is very strong, organized, loyal and, perhaps, much better informed than we have been led to believe. Sun Tzu's ancient warfare tactics are largely based on deception, and creating the illusion of seeming "unable," "feigning disorder, " and pretending to be weak (Sun Tzu 1,18-22). He advises intense contemplation and planning for war, and directs the military to "forage on the enemy" (Sun Tzu II, 15). He encourages hiding and deceit, and overall, presents a brilliant set of almost spiritual tactics for Chinese domination. Finally, he counsels the Chinese to use an elaborate network of spying, which he dubs the "...the sovereign's most precious faculty" (Sun Tzu XIII, 1-27). Although none of Sun Tzu's guidelines would be particularly foreign to American militari

The latest assertive act toward the U.S. is that china has bid on the purchase of a California based oil company, Unocal. The U.S. government is considering blocking the deal. Annie Phillip says that, "American protectionists fear that the Chinese will use the power of corporate ownership to manipulate oil prices or worse, that China could even 'blackmail America by withholding energy supply'"(Phillip).

In 1999, a Chinese corporation entered into a 50-year contract with Panama that allows it to control both the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the Panama Canal. Hutchinson Whampoa Ltd., a large shipping firm based in Hong Kong, acquired the right to pilot ships through the canal, and to deny access if any passage should interfere with Hutchinson's business. Although the United States still has the right to interfere "militarily to protect access," (Scarborough) conservatives in America, still fearing the threat of the communist agenda, feel that the United States made a major mistake by allowing this agreement to take place. Concerned that China could easily be capable of surprising us with a "nuclear Pearl Harbor" incident (Chung), Thomas Moore, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , expressed the opinion that, because of Hutchinson's close ties with Beijing, control of the Canal "gives China's Communist Party de facto control over the most strategic waterway in the West"(Chung). In a sense, China now has certain amount of control over a great percentage of the world's shipping industry and, in that capacity, has the ability to set off a world war if they chose to abuse that power. "The United States is the No. 1 user of the canal that carries 13,000 ships per year"(Scarbrough). The Hutchinson Whampoa company reportedly has strong ties to the Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA)(Scarbrough). Taking control of the Panama Canal is only one of China's recent moves that might call into question its true motives.

In 2003, the Pentagon's report on China's space-related activities revealed that they have now developed "state-of-the-art technology to improve its intercept, direction finding, and jamming capabilitie

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