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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay: [QB] I do have one particular bone to pick here Blue E., and that would be the "privacy" of radio or electronic communication of anyone including a country. Please don't think that the Chinese are not fully aware that the United States and other intelligence gathering communities are listening in on open air communication. Afterall, radio waves being what radio waves are, they can not be considered private property and therefor privileged. Which leads me to conclude that the United States is being what amounts to a nosey neighbor. Now while you might not like your neighbor looking in your windows, there is no way you can prevent such an action other than closing the blinds or growing a tree. Be sure that the Chinese have done the electronic equivalent of that with encryption devices for sensitive material. This is prime example of Bismarckian "political realism" with a Chinese pilot and several American service people used as pawns to whatever national interest is at stake as viewed from either side. The Chinese view this situation as a opportunity to bargin with the United States from a position of power...having the American service personnel. It seems to me that the Chinese love to bargin from a position of power be that position percieved or real. And I imagine along those lines that there is a good deal of talk about Taiwan going on even as we quibble. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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