Chinese leaders just love criticizing the “American imperialists”, despite the fact that the trade with the USA bring China billions of dollars every year.
Although, the “imperialists” are constantly giving Beijing the grounds for exercising their criticism.
In May Pentagon submitted to the US Congress its annual report on the state and perspectives of the Chinese military. Beijing probably would not pay much attention to the report, but the US military experts touched such painful issues for the Chinese as Taiwan and hydroelectric power station “Three Ravines” which is under construction.
The Chinese leaders were indignant with the advice Pentagon was giving to Taiwan in case of possible war with China: to blow up the constructed hydroelectric power station “Three Ravines” on the Yangtze River .
The Chinese leaders started cursing at the USA in anger. Lieutenant-General Lyu Yan called Washington the “whore posing itself like a gentleman” in his comment on the Pentagon’s report, Reuters wrote. According to the general, Americans are not better than Osam binLaden as they admit the possibility of such operations. In the end of his remarks, the Chinese general promised to produce devastating counter-strike and said that the power station dam would endure any strike of non-nuclear weapons (the dam’s walls are 100 meters thick).
This anger of the Chinese was caused by Pentagon’s touching their national pride. For China, completing the hydroelectric power station “Three Ravines” is the task of the same importance as independent space missions. Mao Zedong initiated the station construction several dozens of years ago. However, Mao quickly realized that, if completed, the station can hardly be protected. The construction was stopped, and then continued in 1993 when the Chinese government decided it would be able to protect the station.
The station is to be completed by 2009. It will become the biggest hydroelectric power station in the world. Its construction will cost $25 billion, and capacity will be 18,200 megawatt. China hopes that there will be no flood any more after the station completion, and the country’s growing need of power energy will be satisfied.
For this reason, Beijing gets furious when hearing the idea that the station could be destroyed. However, there will be many more reasons for China to curse Washington in future…
Chinese authorities cursed at the USA
Chinese leaders just love criticizing “American imperialists”, despite the fact that the trade with the USA bring China billions of dollars every year.
Although, the “imperialists” are constantly giving Beijing the grounds for exercising their criticism.
In May Pentagon submitted to the US Congress its annual report on the state and perspectives of the Chinese military. Beijing probably would not pay much attention to the report, but the US military experts touched such painful issues for the Chinese as Taiwan and hydroelectric power station “Three Ravines” which is under construction.
The Chinese leaders were indignant with the advice Pentagon was giving to Taiwan in case of possible war with China: to blow up the constructed hydroelectric power station “Three Ravines” on the Yangtze River .
The Chinese leaders started cursing at the USA in anger. Lieutenant-General Lyu Yan called Washington the “whore posing itself like a gentleman” in his comment on the Pentagon’s report, Reuters wrote. According to the general, Americans are not better than Osam binLaden as they admit the possibility of such operations. In the end of his remarks, the Chinese general promised to produce devastating counter-strike and said that the power station dam would endure any strike of non-nuclear weapons (the dam’s walls are 100 meters thick).
This anger of the Chinese was caused by Pentagon’s touching their national pride. For China, completing the hydroelectric power station “Three Ravines” is the task of the same importance as independent space missions. Mao Zedong initiated the station construction several dozens of years ago. However, Mao quickly realized that, if completed, the station can hardly be protected. The construction was stopped, and then continued in 1993 when the Chinese government decided it would be able to protect the station.
The station is to be completed by 2009. It will become the biggest hydroelectric power station in the world. Its construction will cost $25 billion, and capacity will be 18,200 megawatt. China hopes that there will be no flood any more after the station completion, and the country’s growing need of power energy will be satisfied.
For this reason, Beijing gets furious when hearing the idea that the station could be destroyed. However, there will be many more reasons for China to curse Washington in future…
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