A construction company from China's Shandong Province has begun building a 12,000 ton dry-dock in Burma's Myanmar Shipyards, the Myanmar National Homepage reports. The dock, located in Kamayut township in Rangoon will be able to repair vessels weighing over 12,000 tons. The missiles could hit targets in Taiwan with little or no warning. In addition, Russia is stepping up its supply of advanced ballistic missile technology and strategic nuclear warhead know how to China. Chinese military leaders have refused to draw down the missile force, despite US protests that the missiles are increasing instability and the danger of conflict across the Taiwan Strait.
Intelligence reports reveal that Chinese ballistic missiles are also targeted on Russia.
In Beijing, China's Foreign Ministry called in a Philippines embassy diplomat to file an official complaint regarding the Philippines Navy removing Chinese fishing boats from the strategic Scarborough Shoal, some 80 miles parallel to the former US military base at Subic Bay , reports Agence France-Presse. Chinese fishing boats, some suspected as intelligence-collecting ships, have made repeated incursions at the shoal, located some 600 miles from mainland China. All Rights Reserved. The American Foreign Policy Council accepts no foreign funds.