Rice calls for a more open China

[Nutmegger]

Speaking at a joint media conference with Australian counterpart Alexander Downer in Sydney Thursday, Rice said China "should undertake to be transparent about what that means."

~~Snippy-Snip~~

China's parliament last week approved a 14.7 percent increase in its annual military budget to $35 billion.

~~Snippy-Snip~~

Rice also said the U.S. would continue to work closely with China on global issues, such as North Korea's nuclear program, but would not hesitate to raise issues of concern.

~~Snippy-Snip~~

Rice said that along with transparency on China's military buildup, the U.S. believed China needed to pay attention to economic issues such as intellectual property rights, its currency regime, and government control of some business sectors.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/australia.rice/

[Canuckistanian]

1. Brilliant, Condi! And right on time, as usual.

AFTER China has secured our nuts in a vice and are turning the handle at 1200 RPM.

Bravo!

[Hand]

2. China calls for Rice to have a nice big cup of STFU nt

[HuffleClaw]

3. what complete hypocrisy

the chinese must find this sort of stuff really laughable. its like an alcoholic getting upset when a friend drinks a 'near beer'.

[fearnobush]

4. Ok Cunti, you sold like 2 trillion of our debt to China, so wadda ya do

if we can't pay up!

[mac56]

21. Gotta object to your "nickname" for Condi.

Unnecessarily offensive.

Just my .02

[Up2Late]

5. Or worse! "US urges China to explain military build up" (AFP)

(I'll see you "open China" and raise you a... US urges China to explain military build up ...from AFP)

US urges China to explain military build up

16/03/2006 05h12

SYDNEY (AFP) - The United States is concerned about China's military build-up and Beijing should make its intentions clear, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. Rice was speaking at a news conference here after meeting Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and ahead of a new trilateral security dialogue with Japan on Saturday, at which China's growing power is top of the agenda.

"We've said we have concerns about the Chinese military build-up. We've told the Chinese that they need to be transparent," she said. "I heard there's going to be a 14 percent increase in the Chinese defence budget -- that's a lot -- and China should undertake to be transparent about what that means."

China announced earlier this month that its military budget for this year would rise 14.7 percent to 35 billion dollars, the latest in a series of double-digit annual increases dating back to the early 1990s.

Her remarks come amid a renewed rise in tensions between China and Taiwan after Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian moved to suspend an advisory council set up to look at eventual reunification with the mainland. Beijing was infuriated by the decision, calling it a dangerous move toward Taiwan's "independence" and a threat to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific.

(more bad news at links below)

<http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/060316040148.yg30vkbj.html>

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2169980>

[MadisonProgressive]

6. Come on, you guys got this from the onion, right?

[Up2Late]

7. I'm afraid not, it's just our incompetent Government at work.

Have you started building your bomb-shelter yet, I'm starting on mine tomorrow. :evilfrown:

[MadisonProgressive]

8. Nah, I'll just go out with a bang!

[Nutmegger]

9. Thanks for posting this.

:scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared:

[cliss]

10. Notice Condiment's tone?

Look at how obliging she is here: "China should undertake to be transparent".

Now, if she was addressing Iran or maybe Venezuela, her tone would be quite different. It would be threatening, hostile. You better, OR ELSE.

Even though China is quite a flagrant violator of human rights. CondaLiar can't be too hostile......

.....because they're our creditor.

[Nutmegger]

11. LOL, Condiment!!! I love it!

That's a first for me, mind if I steal it???

[saigon68]

20. Actually its KindaSleezy

[IChing]

12. The largest militaritic country in the world complains. Shame on you, usa

Military spending accounts for more than half of the United States' federal discretionary spending,
which comprises all of the U.S. government's money not accounted for by pre-existing obligations <3>.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military
http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Apr2005/monkerud0405.html

The U.S. will spend more on the military than the combined total that the rest of the world spent in 2003. This is 8 times more than China, which boasts the world’s second largest military, larger than the next 23 nations combined and 7 times larger than the combined military budgets of Russia and China. But the U.S. military budget fails to account for other military expenditures, which, if added together, account for an even larger share of world spending and a much larger share of the U.S. budget than indicated.

[otohara]

13. Why Is She So Popular?

her weekly "urges" to other countries are nothing spectacular. Very dull and unconvincing - in one ear, out the other.

[David__77]

14. China wants to protect itself from she-demons like her.

It only makes sense. The imperialist gall: "How dare China prevent us from using military blackmail against it." Thankfully there is no Chinese Gorbachev, yet. If China had gone down the road of the USSR, it would be very much poorer and weak right now. Condosleaza and Bush and the whole gang are teaching the world that power flows from weapons. They are very good teacher by negative example.

[msgadget]

15. I know the answer to this one!!

"What is an oxymoron"

[cornermouse]

16. Like China cares about what Condi or the U.S. thinks or wants...

Yeah right.

[LynnTheDem]

17. ROTFLMAO!!!

Too fucking hilariously full of irony!

:rofl:

[Up2Late]

18. kick n/t

:kick:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

19. I call more of a closed foul mouth from her. n/t