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Yin yonggang, y2g@163.net
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I support President Jiang on this event. US always think it is the international police in the world. I want to ask US government and Bush a question,” Why do you often intrude into Chinese airspace? What on earth do you want to do?" Damn US!
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roc, rocwag@263.net
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US should apologize for the accident whet is said. And US should promise to stop all spy flights in airspace. US should stop all action aim at China and Taiwan(the province of China).
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Michael Le Houllier, ludahai@hotmail.com
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I am an American and I love my country, but I am sick of my country bullying the Chinese around. It isn't just the arms sales to Taiwan in violation of the Shanghai Communiqu?, the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia (Nansilafu), the bombing of a bridge and airfield in Dandong prior to the entry of the Chinese in the Korean War, and the insertion of the Seventh Fleet in the Taiwan Straits on June 26, 1950. There is a long pattern of the United States provoking China and the Chinese people.
I was living in China when the bombing of the Chinese embassy occurred in Belgrade. I do not believe that was an accident (much like the bombing of the French embassy in Tripoli after the French wouldn't allow the Americans to use its airspace was certainly not an accident.) The Chinese people were angry with the United States government, and rightfully so. I still remember a sign I saw outside the British Consulate in Shanghai saying "New American Terrorist Organization") Fortunately, the people in Shanghai never threatened me at all. I remember a conversation with a Shanghai taxi driver. He told me that the Chinese people love peace and don't blame the people of the United States. My Chinese neighbors (who knew me and knew I loved China) relayed the same feelings to me. The Chinese don't hate Americans, just the American government, and I don't blame them.
Our country has become so arrogant, we think we can go anywhere we want in the world and do whatever we damn well please. I am actually glad that there is a country that will stand up to us and put us in our place. I also hope that cooler heads will prevail and that there will be no war. I love both my country as well as China and the Chinese people.
Peace and understanding between our two great nations and peoples will go a long way to promoting a long term peace between the two nations that will rule the 21st century.
Peace and God bless.
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Lois Iwase,lois@macau.ctm.net
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The US should own up to the fact that its military has made a lot of serious errors lately and take a less arrogant stance, acknowledging its poor performance and showing more responsibility for its actions.
Perhaps it would be worth considering what the American government would do if a Chinese spy plane were downed off the coast of California.
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yy, yyyynn@21cn.com
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At least the Chinese high position stand out and says something against rampant immoral hegemonies this time.
for long years we Chinese have been treated partially by the so-called "world police ",not mention the bombing intentionally to our embassy at Yugoslavia .How could a country tolerate another overriding its own motherland, how could history repeat itself again and again? why so many Chinese still choose US as their career contribution place?
let's all got down to think it over
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dave wei, davewxw@163.net
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If the USA government doesn’t apologize for this incident, then the Chinese government should apologize to all the Chinese in the world.
We Chinese are peace-loving people, and we pay great attention to our nation's dignity.
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Andrew, AReichow@msn.com
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I think it was an accident that neither side should apologize for. The only apology needed is to the family of the pilot that is still missing.
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Bob Black, black@zpub.com
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I say the Chinese are well within their rights to check out the plane - after all what is the US doing there anyway? Would the US let Chinese planes regularly patrol its coasts? I say play it for all it's worth. Perhaps hold the people as hostages until the US agrees not to sell offensive weapons to Taiwan. Perhaps the Chinese should declare large sections of ocean off the coast as "National Defense Operating Areas" such as W-105 and W-106 off the coast of New York. Lots of people in the United States are sick and tired of all the resources being wasted on the warmongering US military. As for the sovereignty argument - the US sure did not respect the sovereignty of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade or the Russian submarine it brought up from the Pacific Ocean. How about respecting the sovereignty of the Russian embassy in Washington DC when the dug a tunnel under it? Even the New York Times admits in an editorial today that " If the roles of the two countries were reversed, Washington would not hesitate to look over an important piece of Chinese military equipment that showed up on American soil."
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E. Liang, ejliang
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I support President Jiang absolutely. The evidence has proved it is the fault of the US, as it was the sudden veering of the spy plane that caused the collision. Therefore, the US must bear the full responsibilities for the whole incident. There is no international law that says the spy plane is sovereign territory of the US. The spy plane had caused a collision, most probably deliberately. If it was deliberate, then it was murder for maliciously causing the death of the Chinese pilot. It could also be taken as an act of war. In either case the crew should be held either as murder suspects or as prisoners of war.
At the very least, a serious aerial collision had occurred. It is always the standard operating procedure to investigate thoroughly an aerial collision to determined what exactly had happened. Bush had mendaciously lied that the spy plane is US sovereign territory. He had arrogantly refused to apologize for the spying and causing the death of a brave Chinese young man in the execution of his duties. He had arrogantly ordered the Chinese to "heed" his "demand" to return the spy plane crew "promptly". He is threatening dire consequences if the Chinese did not comply with his demands. Bush should be reminded he is not the president of China. He's not even elected by the majority of the American people. What the Chinese need to do promptly is to investigate the collision thoroughly. What the Chinese government needs to heed is the righteous anger of the Chinese people.
The Dow Industrial Average has plummeted 292.22 points. The American economy is on the verge of recession. America is not in a strong position to threaten China. There will be dire consequences to the US economy, if the incident became more serious. If the Dow Industrial Average crashed down to 5,000, American investors will lose many trillions of dollars in stock values. The repercussions to the American economy are disastrous. All the American economic achievements in the last 20 years will all be destroyed. The wealth effect that has kept the American economy booming will collapse like a bubble and the American people will not get any tax cut, which they are counting on so much. In other words, a serious confrontation will hurt the US much more than China.
There was a Russian plane that landed in Japan in the 1970's which was returned some two months later in boxes. There is ample precedence set by the Americans themselves for the Chinese to examine the spy plane thoroughly before returning it, if ever.
In the final analysis, the American spy plane had committed a serious crime. At best it was willful murder. At worst it was an act of war. President Jiang is totally right in insisting on a careful and thorough investigation. Bush is arrogant in demanding the return of the crew and the spy plane. He has no right to demand anything. There is no international law that says the spy plane is sovereign US territory. He lied. Any international law there really is demands the thorough investigation of any aerial collision. So it is absolutely right to investigate the collision thoroughly. Bush said the crew is being held against its will. The American jails are holding two million American prisoners against their will. Is that any reason to let them go? Only a fool would think so.
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