8-17-6

Rense

       China's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva told America on

Thursday to shut up and keep quiet on the subject of Beijing's growing

military spending.

       Interviewed for a BBC radio programme on the topic, Sha Zukang also

said China would do the business and sacrifice its own people's lives if any

nation supported a declaration of independence by Taiwan.

       Responding to jitters within the Bush administration about Beijing's

spiraling military budget, Sha said America itself accounts for half of the

entire world's military spending.

       "The China population is six times or five times that of the United

States," he said.

       "Why blame China?... It's better for the US to shut up and keep

quiet. It's much, much better."

       His voice rising, Sha continued: "It's the US's sovereign right to

do whatever they deem good for them -- But don't tell us what is good for

China. Thank you very much!"