China's growing military keeps wary eye on Taiwan
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XIAMEN, China  - When Huang Xu was a young soldier in an artillery unit on the Chinese coast in the late 1980s, war with Taiwan always seemed imminent.
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China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially on targets far from its borders, the Pentagon said yesterday.
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Chinese Communist Party chief and  President Hu Jintao has urged the People's Liberation Army  (PLA) to prepare for a military struggle, but stopped short of  singling out rival Taiwan as the target.
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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan  - A dark-green army truck zips   through the hilly countryside in southern Taiwan before   disappearing behind the high walls of an unmarked military base   -- the largest of Singapore's three army camps in Taiwan.
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Taipei, Dec. 28 (CNA) Taiwan is the prime motivator behind the military buildup in mainland China, an official of the Ministry of National Defense maintained Tuesday.
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&quot;It is the sacred responsibility of the Chinese armed forces to stop the &#39;Taiwan independence&#39; forces from splitting the country,&quot; says a white paper on national defense issued Monday in Beijing.
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China on Wednesday accused Taiwan &quot;Premier&quot; Yu Shyi-kun of clamoring for war with threats to fire missiles at Shanghai if the People&#39;s Liberation Army (PLA) attacks the island.
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China&#39;s new leader is forging ahead with policies set by Jiang, but trouble with Taiwan looms. BEIJING--Having taken over Sunday as chairman of the ruling Communist Party&#39;s
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China defended its growing military prowess on Monday, saying it did not threaten the United States, and again urged Washington not to sell weapons to Taiwan.
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China's military will crush any major  moves toward independence by Taiwan no matter what the cost,  said a government policy paper released Monday that accused  Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian of escalating tension.
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Taiwan's largest telco looks for growth but finds competition.
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WASHINGTON -- China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially far from its borders, the Pentagon said yesterday.
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US concern is growing as China develops new nuclear submarines and more accurate missiles, a report says.
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China responds to concern over its military build-up by promising to reveal more about its spending to the UN.
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China has issued a national defence policy to crush &quot;the vicious rise&quot; of Taiwan independence forces at its core. It is the first time such a policy has been issued since President Hu Jintao became military chief.
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The head of U.S. forces in the Pacific  pushed China on Tuesday for more transparency over its military  build-up and suggested its growing might was aimed at Taiwan,  the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its territory.
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China has kept quiet on Taiwan's recent  outbreak of street protests calling for the ouster of  independence-leaning President Chen Shui-bian because it fears  any strong reaction might backfire, analysts say.