From: cw@orion.uucp (C.W. Chung)
Subject: US - China Relationship (circa 1978)
Followup-To: soc.culture.hongkong
Organization: Objectivity Inc.
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 00:18:05 GMT

Now that Legco is not going to vote until next Feb, and there is
no horse-racing in HK until the end of the month, here is a side
story related by Shintaro Ishihara (and Akio Morita of SONY) in 
the book 

   <<< The Japan That Can Say No >>>

Perhaps that help to explain why US is often the winner in any 
Sino-USA disputes.
-cw-

 .....
    America itself has already exhibited certain indications that it is
shifting towards a closer relationship with the Soviet Union, as Alvin Toffler
stated, insinuating that Japan will be threatened once the US establishes a
more collaborative relationship with the Soviet Union similar to the case of
the US movement toward China, which burst forth in December 1978, there was
also an astonishing high technology demonstration.

    I for one had a chance to observe some of that demonstration.  It began
with a set of satellite photos which Dr. Kissinger brought to China.  At that
time Viet Nam was engaged in a military conflict with China, subsequent to the
fall of the Saigon government in April 1970 and the Cambodian war.  The
Sino-Vietnamese war was recklessly provoked by Deng Shoa Ping, chief of staff
in China.  In the initial encounters, China was severely defeated.  The real
power behind Viet Nam was the Soviet Union.  The Soviets provided Viet Nam
with detailed satellite photos illustrating the movements of the Chinese
military, the number of soldiers and divisions, the number of tanks unloaded
at Kuang Tong station and which direction all these troops took.  Taking
advantage of the superior information available to them, as provided by the
Soviet Union, Viet Nam was able to lure the Chinese troops deep into the
mountains, then destroy them with anti-tank missiles.  This miserable battle
was all recorded by American satellites, which Dr. Kissinger presented to the
Chinese with the comment "what a silly war you have conducted."

    Needless to say, it was a shock to the Chinese leaders to see how step by
step their military was demolished.

    I assume that the Americans showed another series of satellite pictures
showing the horrible massacre of Chinese soldiers at the siege of Damansky
Island (in Russian) or Chin Pao Island (in Chinese), which is located in the
middle of the Amur (phonetic rendering) River.  At first, only a small number
of Russian soldiers occupied the island and they were soon driven off by the
Chinese, who had many more troops than did the Russians.  The Russians
returned in greater numbers and recaptured the island.  Finally, the Chinese
sent the equivalent of a human wave of troops, almost flooding the island with
soldiers.  As the Chinese shouted victory, the island was surrounded by a
sudden mist and eventually it was covered by a dense fog.  The Russians
exploited this climactic assistance, surrounding the island with tanks and
opening a salvo.  At dawn, there were a great many dead Chinese troops.  The
Russians landed their tanks, rolling over the dead, wounded, and living,
reducing all to nothing.

    The Americans showed clear pictures of the events, illustrating what had
taken place using satellite pictures, a great demonstration of the combination
of technology and intelligence gathering.  China was shocked and disturbed
that it could not effectively counter a situation like that as they simply did
not have access to the technology required.  They listened to the Americans,
and agreed to the development of a bilateral relationship with the US on
American terms.  America had played its high tech card quite effectively.
 
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