Australian welcomes Chinese Military leader as the USA and EU
implode , China already leads the world , and every politicians KNOWS
the USA and UK are now yesterdays empires bled to death in endless un
winnable wars for Israel .http://www.costofwar.com/
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Senior Chinese military leader visits Australia
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/201005/s2897801.htm
Updated May 12, 2010 19:59:48
One of China’s most senior military figures, Guo Boxiong, is in
Australia, in a continuing process of military and diplomatic
courtship.Pic and Bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Boxiong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Caihou
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It follows the visit to Australia last October of Peoples Liberation
Army chief of general staff, Chen Bingde.
Presenter: Linda Mottram
Speakers: Julie Bishop, Australian Opposition Foreign Affairs
spokeswoman; Kevin Rudd, Australian Prime Minister; Stephen Smith,
Australian Foreign Minister
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MOTTRAM: The releas we of the Rudd government’s annual budget this
week has rekindled debate about how reliant Australia is on China ..
particularly Chinese commodity purchases, which in the past year have
helped enable Canberra to turn it’s budget around and predict a return
to budget surplus in three years, much faster than anticipated.
During vigorous budget debate in Parliament in Canberra, the
opposition’s Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Julie Bishop read what she
said were quotes from Prime Minister Rudd on China while speaking at a
dinner in the West Australian city of Perth last week.
BISHOP: When he said and I quote, we must broaden the economic base as
China could slow. I studied it, lived there and speak the language. I
know China better than anyone here. It’s success can swing on one good
or bad decision.
RUDD: Of course I spoke to them about the long term challenges which
we face in North East Asia. And I said Mr Speaker that the importance
therefore of broadening the economic base of Australia by making sure
that the corporate tax rate was brought down across the country was a
sensible course of action.
MOTTRAM: The comments came to light on the eve of a very high level
Chinese visitor to Canberra this week.
Several senior Australian ministers, including the Defence minister
John Faulkner and Foreign minister Stephen Smith, will meet the vice
chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, General Guo Boxiong.
Canberra is saying little. Foreign minister Stephen Smith.
SMITH: It’s an important visit, I’m looking forward to the
conversation. We have a good relationship with China, economically and
more generally and I hope it’s a good conversation.
MOTTRAM: Mr Smith also confirmed that discussions will range widely .
SMITH: The importance of our economic relationship with China, the
fact that we now have a more broadly based relationship as well. I
conduct with my counterpart a strategic dialogue every year, the
importance of the relationship, but also the understanding that there
are some matters we have different views, and we’ve seen those in the
recent past but we have more than comfortably dealt with those given
the over riding strength and importance of the economic relations and
the relationship generally.
MOTTRAM: Observers say General Guo is a very senior member of the
single most prominent commission in China, chaired by Hu Jintao.
General Guo has in the past met with US Defence secretary Bill Gates.
The visit to Australia is one of a series, experts say, in Chinese
military diplomacy.
The PLA is the world’s largest military force, with approximately 3
million members (see List of countries by number of total troops), and
has the world’s largest (active) standing army, with approximately
2.25 million members (see List of countries by number of active
troops). see LINK below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army
Last October, the chief of the general staff of the Peoples
Liberation Army, General Chen Bingde, (pron: BING-dur) also visited
Australia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Bingde
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Australia is one of the few countries that maintains military
relations with China at the level of chief of the defence staff. One
observer describes General Guo as the big gun, as China courts
Australia at a time of shifting strategic influence in Asia in large
part of China’s economic and military rise.
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Clearly the USA and EU are very much yesterdays empires that chose to
slowly bleed to death in endless UN WINNABLE wars for Israel ,http://
www.costofwar.com/ , and every world leader knows who will lead the
world this century
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