This is also a military topic:
Chinese intelligence officials are reported to have discovered more than 20 spying devices in a Boeing 767 purchased from the United States for use by President Jiang Zemin. One was found in a lavatory and another in the headboard of the presidential bed.
The development comes only a month before an important summit between Mr Jiang and President George W Bush, and the Chinese leader is said to be furious.
China has not formally accused Washington of spying but, according to the Washington Post, officials are blaming US intelligence agencies for the bugs.
More at the BBC-http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1769000/1769…
By: coanda - 23rd January 2002 at 18:01
RE: US spying on China, naaahhhh!
this, i think is the nxet serious threat to stability over the world, frankly i think that one day they’re gonna push north korea into attacking south korea- and then its all gonna go to rat sh!t.
coanda
By: Ja Worsley - 23rd January 2002 at 17:57
US spying on China, naaahhhh!
Never, what would China know that the US don’t? Oh right, that 😛
These games just keep getting sillier and sillier, notice there was no mention about the US finding bugs in their returned EP-3? Nor did they mention that half of the equipment that was still intact was missing?
I lived in China for three months (Xian, Harbin and Guangzhou), and even though I was on official navy business I was watched like a hawk, I never felt alone, and it was a creepy feeling! My fiance and I had two students living with us and they didn’t know I spoke Chinese, some of what they talked about concerned me, stuff like making personal threats to us and such, in the end we told them both to move out, we own the house not them. The last one to move out refused to and the police had to move him he even fought with them, he was later arrested for, among other things, being an illegal immigrant!
I don’t think the situation in China will disipate any time soon unfortunately 🙁 And I don’t think that buying a plane from Airbus will solve the problem either, China is sending a clear statment to the world, and that statement is “Leave us alone”. The political question is, “Could China be left alone to perssue it’s own goal without any recoarse of action towards hostilities”? Sadly the answer is No, their hard standing on Taiwan is one point as is the Spratley Islands debate. If China is left alone, it will just build up it’s forces to a point where it would take a very large multi national force, to stop them, if ever.
Personally I don’t like where China is heading and I don’t like the picture that seems to be forming in the future. I pray for sanity and hope that Chairman Zaing soon comes to his scencs and backs down from his hardline, iron fist pollicies!
Anyone like to comment?
Per Ardua Ad Astra!
By: keltic - 20th January 2002 at 18:00
Absurd
It´s as funny and absurd as a Austin Powers film. CIA should know that Chinese are not so stupid for nor discover such attack to privacy. And Chinese shouldn´t get surprised that CIA (accepting they did it) had taken advantage of this to set micros. Just order an A330 which is as good as a B767.
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January 20, 2002 at 11:46 am