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A CHINESE military officer has warned Australia not to side with the United States and Japan if war breaks out in the East China Sea.
Senior Colonel Liu Mingfu said the US and Japan had provoked the ire of the Chinese people for ''violating the security, peace and stability of the Asia Pacific''.
He said China was a peace-abiding nation but would fight ''to the death'' if sufficiently provoked.
''America is the global tiger and Japan is Asia's wolf and both are now madly biting China,'' Colonel Liu said.
''Of all the animals, Chinese people hate the wolf the most.
''Australia should never play the jackal for the tiger or dance with the wolf.''
Colonel Liu asked that his message be conveyed directly to the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, as she prepares to deliver a major speech on national security.
His views do not represent Chinese government policy, but he said they were consistent with what mainstream Chinese political and military leaders think, if not what they say.
Colonel Liu is one in a group of outspoken hawkish PLA officers, who do not claim to speak on behalf of the leadership, but are given a conditional licence to speak stridently on some issues at some times.
A CHINESE military officer has raised the spectre of nuclear weapons and warned Australia not to side with the United States and Japan as a territorial dispute in the East China Sea continues to escalate.
Senior Colonel Liu Mingfu, of the National Defence University, blamed America's ''orchestration'' and Japan's ''militarism'' for rising tensions over disputed islands known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.
Asked about the People's Liberation Army fighting capability, Colonel Liu referred to the PLA department that houses China's strategic missile and nuclear arsenal.
He raised a hypothetical scenario that he said would justify a nuclear attack, while clarifying that he was not calling upon China to take such measures.
''If this Japanese wolf again attacks America's Pearl Harbour or Australia's Darwin, how do you know it wouldn't receive another nuclear bomb?'' Colonel Liu said. ''The world would hail if Japan receives such a blow.
''I don't want to mention China here, as it is sensitive,'' he added.
Originally posted by smyleegrl
Daas Kapital,
What is the mood of the Australian people concerning this?
Originally posted by michael1983l
reply to post by Iamschist
Austraila should not be concerned from bullying tactics from either side of the potential conflict. Australia should side with whoever their electorate want their government too. Australia also has no reason to be scared of either power as Geographically, Australia has to be one of the hardest countries in the world to attack. If anything does happen and Australia require any assistance from the UK, our boys would do it with honour for our Commonwealth partners, but I am sure they are capable of looking after themselves anyway.
Originally posted by smyleegrl
Daas Kapital,
What is the mood of the Australian people concerning this?
Originally posted by Flavian
Therefore, i think Australia's wisest position would be one of international "fence sitting" for the next decade!