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27 May 2007 |
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/27/news/china.php |
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BEIJING: A Pentagon report that expressed concerns about China's buildup of land- and sea-based ballistic missiles "misleads international opinion" and aims to spread false fears of a China threat, Chinese state media said Sunday. A sharply worded commentary in The People's Daily, the main daily newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, attacked the U.S. Defense Department's annual report to Congress on Chinese military capabilities, saying the report had exaggerated the extent and sophistication of the country's military modernization. "The report pays no attention to the actual state of affairs, and in a premeditated fashion exaggerates the so-called Chinese military threat," it said. "It is totally unjustified." The Pentagon assessment, released Friday, suggested that new missiles, submarines and aircraft could give China the ability to project power far beyond its own shores. Defense Department officials said last week that they had aimed to give the report a balanced tone so that it could form the basis of a dialogue with the Chinese about their military intentions. |
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