Beijing Basking in the Bahamas. (Insider Report).Ahhhh, the Bahamas. Beautiful, romantic beaches, palm trees, azure skies, the People's Liberation Army People's Liberation Army Unified organization of China's land, sea, and air forces. It is one of the largest military forces in the world. The People's Liberation Army traces its roots to the 1927 Nanchang Uprising of the communists against the Nationalists. . Yes, the PLA (Programmable Logic Array) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contained arrays of programmable AND and OR gates. PLAs are no longer used. See PLD. (language, music) Pla - A high-level music programming language, written in SAIL. . Communist China's military-industrial-espionage complex, has invaded paradise in a big way. The huge, recently completed container facility at Freeport operated by Hutchison Whampoa, Ltd., should be considered a Chinese forward base -- only 60 miles from West Palm Beach, Florida West Palm Beach, also known as West Palm, is the most populous city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida. According to the University of Florida's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 107,617. . Hutchison Whampoa is the shipping behemoth run by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, whose close ties to the PLA and China's top Communist leadership have long been public knowledge. Over the past several years, we have warned of his role in establishing PLA beachheads at the world's strategic shipping ports. Hutchison Whampoa has gained control, for instance, over ports at both ends of the Panama Canal. We reported on February 14, 2000: "A recently released Defense Department report shows that the Clinton administration was aware last year of potential dangers posed to the Panama Canal by Red Chinese front company Hu tchison Whampoa Limited and its subsidiary, the Panama Ports Company (PPC See Pocket PC, PowerPC and pay-per-click. PPC - PowerPC ). According to a three-page intelligence assessment by the U.S. Southern Command's Joint Intelligence Center The intelligence center of the combatant command headquarters. The joint intelligence center is responsible for providing and producing the intelligence required to support the combatant commander and staff, components, subordinate joint forces and elements, and the national intelligence , 'Hutchison's containerized con·tain·er·ize v.tr. con·tain·er·ized, con·tain·er·iz·ing, con·tain·er·iz·es 1. To package (cargo) in large standardized containers for efficient shipping and handling. 2. shipping facilities in the Panama Canal, as well as the Bahamas, could provide a conduit for illegal shipments of technology or prohibited items from the West to the PRC, or facilitate the movement of arms and other prohibited items into the Americas.' "The Bush administration does not appear to be any more concerned about this growing danger in the Caribbean than was the Clinton administration. |
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