Can anyone rate the validity of this article?

This article expresses right-wing, pro-US bias, and it wouldn't surprise me if parts of it may exagerated or false given that Atimes history has shown that it is prone to posting such articles and letters.

But i thought it best to get the opinion of people who actually have a good understanding of the Chinese military industrial complex.

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This article expresses right-wing, pro-US bias, and it wouldn't surprise me if parts of it may exagerated or false given that Atimes history has shown that it is prone to posting such articles and letters.

But i thought it best to get the opinion of people who actually have a good understanding of the Chinese military industrial complex.

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Don't trust ATimes as a military news source, that's what I have to say. They have had some really funky articles in the past (like how Hezbullah the radar systems of the Saar 5 warship). I can't read the article right now, but I will later.

The tone of this article doesn't seem natural to me, but rather sadistic. I can't say how precise it is. My personal advice is not to fully trust any article that take sides.

Asia Times is notoriously anti-China. Their articles are basically full of it. I've never heard anyone use them as a source because all their articles are based on conjecture.

The article was written by three guys of an Accra based US financed ´think tank´ and it is indeed mainly crap (please forgive my blunt opinion!).

Perhaps already comedianesque are their assertions that China probably did too much spying about US miltech like stealth; yeah that is right on target boys you can never ever know too little about your adversary!! (May be they are writing already an anti-Sun Tzu at their ´stupid tank´!)

But one little thing catched my eye immediately:
Those cranks maintain that China has some kind of base/station on the COMOROS islands. AFAIK there is a small presence of french naval troops near Moroni (including some Legion d'etrangere) but I never heard about chinese military on the archipelago!!

Is there some grain of truth in that story or are those guys smoking too much of pot in Accra??

Perhaps someone of our more knowledgeable friends on this forum knows more about this mysterious topic!
Best regards Violet Oboe!

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Asia Times is notoriously anti-China.

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It rather depends what you read. I've come across articles that are quite pro-China in regards to its . I've also read positive or sympathetic pieces on other topics.

Anyway, what exactly is it you're refering to, Player? It's a fairly long piece - can you highlight the parts you want to query?

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It rather depends what you read. I've come across articles that are quite pro-China in regards to its

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. I've also read positive or sympathetic pieces on other topics.

Anyway, what exactly is it you're refering to, Player? It's a fairly long piece - can you highlight the parts you want to query?

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Which section of it do you believe it is pro-China in that article? I found it quite balanced, listing some pros and cons.

It rather depends what you read. I've come across articles that are quite pro-China in regards to its dealings in Africa. I've also read positive or sympathetic pieces on other topics.

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There have been changes recently after a lot of complaints. For a news site about where most of the articles center around what's going on in Far East Asia and based in Hong Kong, the editorial staff had no one from the region before the changes. What has changed at Asia Times is that they've added more Chinese contributors than the one they use to only have. The usual suspects are still there. You also don't see the Chinese contributors writing about rival nations unlike vice versa and mostly in a negative context.