] pre-TianAnMen square American administrations weren’t as anti-China as they are now.
Agreed. Between 1969, when Commie China fought the FSU, and 1989, when Commie China fought itself, the West, including USA, were actively assisting Commie China, to counter-balance the FSU, India, and Viet Nam in East Asia, which evidently explains the Z-9, Z-11, S-70, PL-9, and (rumoured) J-10 in the PLA inventory.
Now in 2006, the USA is assisting the Republic of Taiwan [sic] (where, IMO, the KMT has practically surrendered to the CCP), South Korea, Japan, and India, to counter-balance Commie China.
Late last year, when Emperor Bush II [sic] and Rice began to re-sell the Commie China threat topic, I was thinking: didn’t we hear this back in April 2001, after the PLAN J-8II vs USN EP-3E unpleasantness? Or in May 1999, after the USAF bombed the China embassy in Belgrade, FYR? (For comparison, when USA embassies in Africa were bombed, Clinton sent cruise missiles into Afghanistan.)
Back in 2001, USA complained about the J-8II, but didn’t complain about the Israeli AAMs it was carrying. Also, after months of heckling, the Commie China threat topic suddenly disappeared in September 2001.
OTOH, personally, although I disagree with the decision of the CCP in 1989; as a Hongkonger, my view of the PLA has somewhat improved: in 1989, I thought the PLA, when ordered by the CCP, was willing to kill fellow China civilians. Now, after Hong Kong re-unites with China, I think the PLA, who are complete strangers from all over China, when ordered, is willing to defend with their lives, fellow China civilians in Hong Kong; just as the Brits and Canadians did, against the IJA, in December 1941.
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