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CHINA REPORTEDLY USES HOLLYWOOD CLIPS TO SHOW SIMULATED ATTACK ON US BASE
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September 21, 2020 10:10am
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September 21, 2020 1:13pm
China air force video appears to show simulated attack on US air base
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The Chinese air force propaganda effort has gone Hollywood, according to a
report.
The military’s publicity team has released an action-packed video of bombers in
a simulated attack on a US base using scenes that seem to have been lifted from
the 2008 Oscar winner “The Hurt Locker” and the 1996 action flick “The Rock,”
the South China Morning Post reported.
A source close to the Chinese armed forces told the news outlet that it was
common practice for the People’s Liberation Army publicity unit to “borrow” from
Hollywood blockbusters to make their productions look more thrilling.
“Almost all of the officers in the department grew up watching Hollywood movies,
so in their minds, American war films have the coolest images,” the source told
the South China Morning Post, adding that the army was unlikely to face any
backlash over copyright infringements.
“There won’t be any intellectual property problems as only a few seconds of
footage was used and the PLA film is not for commercial release,” the source
told the Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper.
In 2011, local broadcaster CCTV showed a film about a Chinese military training
exercise that included “borrowed” footage from the 1986 hit “Top Gun,” starring
Tom Cruise as US Navy hotshot pilot Maverick, the Morning Post reported.
Military commentator Song Zhongping said the Chinese people were unlikely to
care whether the footage was lifted from a Hollywood movie because they’re more
concerned about the main message — that the PLA would never let any foreign
force interfere on the Taiwan issue.
The video — which is called “The God of War H-6K Goes on the Attack!” — was
released Saturday on the People’s Liberation Army Air Force Weibo account,
Reuters reported.
It shows nuclear-capable H-6K long-range bombers flying from bases in western
China to the Pacific, where they drop their ordnance on a naval base that bears
a striking resemblance to Andersen Air Force Base on the US Pacific island of
Guam.
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A pilot is seen pressing a button and firing off a missile at an unidentified
seaside runway — a satellite image of which is shown that looks exactly like the
layout of Andersen. The music then halts as images of the ground shaking appear,
followed by dramatic views of an explosion.
“We are the defenders of the motherland’s aerial security; we have the
confidence and ability to always defend the security of the motherland’s skies,”
the air force wrote in a description for the video.
Guam is home to major US military facilities that would be key to responding to
any conflict in the Asia-Pacific region.
“But the PLA isn’t focused solely on Guam,” said Song, who is based in Hong
Kong. “The US has strategic bombers deployed at numerous bases across the
Asia-Pacific region, including ones in Japan.”
Drew Thompson — a former US Defense Department official with responsibility for
managing Washington’s relations with mainland China and Taiwan — said the
propaganda video was intended as a warning to any country that was within the
Chinese air force’s strike range.
“The messages put out by the People’s Republic of China propaganda machine
threaten anyone who opposes [mainland] China or the Communist Party,” he told
the South China Morning Post. “[The footage] warns that the PLA is prepared to
use force to settle differences.”
The aircraft — which also are capable of carrying long-range cruise missiles —
were China’s first strategic bomber and specifically designed to target Taiwan,
the news outlet reported.
In the past week, they have frequently been seen entering Taiwan’s southwest air
defense identification zone.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen slammed Beijing on Sunday for ramping up its
“intimidation” of the self-ruled island.
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On Monday, Taiwan said it has the right to self-defense and counter-attack amid
“harassment and threats” — an apparent warning to China, which last week sent
multiple jets across the mid-line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait, according to
Reuters.
Tensions have escalated in recent months between Taipei and Beijing, which
claims democratically run Taiwan as its own territory, to be seized by force if
necessary.
“Taiwan is an inseparable part of Chinese territory,” Foreign Ministry spokesman
Wang Wenbin told reporters in Beijing.
The official China Daily newspaper also said the US was trying to use Taiwan to
contain China but that no one should underestimate its determination to assert
its sovereignty over the island, Reuters reported.
“The US administration should not be blinkered in its desperation to contain the
peaceful rise of China and indulge in the US addiction to its hegemony,” it said
in an editorial.
Washington, which has no official diplomatic ties with the island but is its
major international backer, is also planning major new arms sales to Taiwan.
Neither China’s defense ministry nor the US Indo-Pacific Command immediately
responded to Reuters’ requests for comment on the video.
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