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Article: Expanding nature of China.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2005
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Byline: F. Andrew Messing Jr. and Daniel A. Perez, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
On April 4, TV cameras recorded a Chinese Riot Control Police outfit, wearing the "Blue Berets of the U.N.," marching across the airport tarmac in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
It is one of many examples of China projecting itself to the far corners of the world.
Recent events have focused global opinion short-term on the Chinese military budget, oil demand and standoff with Taiwan and the United States, ignoring long-term implications. With its centrally controlled government, China can closely monitor and influence its military, economic and sociopolitical development ...