The Chung Hua Jih Pao (China Daily News) of February 8 said Peiping is trying to create worldwide anti-U.S. sentiment and is continuing to support Communists in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
The paper said: "Peiping's 'foreign ministry' and the People's Daily of February 4 protested against the Allied offensive in South Vietnam near the Laos frontier.
"The Chinese Communists are trying to stimulate the emotions of U.S. anti-war elements and appeasers and bring about renewal of anti-war demonstration and riots.
"The Chinese Communists have been plotting for many years to carry out their dream of 'surrounding the world's cities (U.S.A.) with the world's villages (Asia, Africa and Latin America).'
"The Vietnam peace talks have made no progress. Communists are insisting that U.S. forces withdraw before any settlement. Peiping has established beachheads in the Middle East, East Africa, Central and South America to strengthen subversion and infiltration.
"Peiping does not dare become openly involved in the Indochina conflict. However, this does not imply Peiping will give up its determination to communize the world by any and all means.
"Facing the People's Daily's challenge to stir up anti-war storms in the United States, the Nixon administration should enhance its vigilance in checking Communist subversion and infiltration."
The Chung Kuo Shih Pao (China Times) of February 18 said the supplementary economic and military aid agreement signed between Peiping and Hanoi is aimed at strengthening North Vietnam's economic and military power to defeat the United States and prolong the Indochina wars.
The paper said: "Peiping's agreement to give all-out support and assistance to North Vietnam is not a mere gesture this time. Le Thanh Nghi's trip to Peiping is already getting results.
"According to reliable sources, traffic on railways leading from the mainland to North Vietnam has increased sharply. Peasants in mainland border areas have been forced to carry ammunition and supplies into North Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
"The absence of military personnel in Le Thanh Nghi's delegation to Peiping indicates the Chinese Reds are already in control of the Communist military situation in Indochina.
"Communists in North Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have established a 'joint military operations command' to combine the Indochina wars. This command is headed by North Vietnamese but the strings are pulled by Peiping from behind the scenes.
"There is a possibility the Chinese Reds have made a commitment to enter the Indochina conflict if and when the situation requires. But we don't think Mao Tse-tung would dare to become openly involved."
The Shin Sheng Pao (New Life Daily News) of January 22 said Peiping and North Vietnam are taking advantage of U.S. weakness to intensify aggression in Southeast Asia.
The paper said: "Laos is falling into Communist hands. The situation in Cambodia affects the security of Vietnam. Success of Vietnamization depends on Washington's determination to reinforce and save Cambodia by any and all means, including the use of American troops.
"U.S. combat withdrawals from Vietnam, conciliation at Paris and reduction of military installations and forces in Japan and the Republic of Korea have caused grave concern among the peoples of Asian anti-Communist countries.
"Free Asia is skeptical of the Nixon doctrine. Some Asian countries are seeking contacts with Peiping. For its own interest, the United States must safeguard Asian security, clarify the Nixon doctrine and help boost anti-Communist morale.
"Peiping is backing Sihanouk and the communization of Cambodia. Weapons made in Red China have been delivered to Communists in North Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Malaysia. This signals the approach of a big storm in Southeast Asia. The Nixon doctrine is facing a crucial test."
The Chung Yang Jih Pao (Central Daily News) of February 3 said U.S. inaction in Cambodia will enable the North Vietnamese to prolong the Vietnam war indefinitely.
The paper said: "The number of North Vietnamese troops has increased to 70,000 in Laos and more than 55,000 in Cambodia during the past four months.
"The Communist shifted their battleground from South Vietnam to Laos and Cambodia last spring because of the success of Vietnamization and the danger of being wiped out. They sought the more vulnerable target of Cambodia.
"Limited U.S. ground operations in Cambodia has given the Communists freedom to do as they wish. The free world has done nothing about Communist aggression in Cambodia. A Communist controlled Laos and Cambodia would enable the enemy to resume attacks on South Vietnam at any time."
Central Daily New - Narcotic offensive
The Chung Yang Jih Pao of February 1 said the Peiping regime is using narcotics to poison the free world.
The paper said: "Peiping is encouraging the export of narcotics to earn foreign exchange and to corrupt the bodies and minds of free world people.
"The Chinese Communists exported more than 10,000 tons of opium, morphine and heroin worth US$800 million in 1970.
"Farmers of the mainland are encouraged to increase plantings of the opium poppy.
"Peiping's commercial attaches stationed abroad are directing smuggling and handling sales. Narcotics export promotion stations have been set up in Hongkong and Macao. The area bordering Yunnan, Burma and Thailand is the biggest narcotics producing center in the world.
"The Chinese Communists are selling narcotics at half price. Members of the U.S. armed forces in Vietnam pay US$20 an ounce compared with US$4,000 in the States.
"Peiping has reaped a terrible harvest. Many members of the U.S. forces in Vietnam are addicts. The number of young people using dope in the United States and Europe is increasing. The United States is the main target of the Chinese Communist narcotics offensive."
The English-language China News of February 4 said Peiping's narcotics offensive could threaten the survival of democratic civilization within a decade.
The paper said: "Ironically, in all the U.S. 'hand of friendship' approaches to the Chinese Communists nothing whatsoever seems to have been said about the mainland as a source of illicit narcotics.
"Washington has been trying to discourage Turkey from growing the opium poppy and has sought to persuade the French to close down processors in the Marseilles area.
"Red China exported some US$800 million worth of narcotics last year. Plantings of poppies are said to be on the increase in Yunnan, whence raw opium moves into the free world via Laos, Burma and Thailand.
"Use of narcotics is a major problem among members of the U.S. armed forces in Vietnam. The Chinese Communists are happy to contribute to the supply of dope at reduced prices. Big horse (heroin) is cheaper than bullets as a means of undermining the American war effort.
"Formerly the mainland exported only opium. Recently some 30 processing plants have been established. Narcotics are now moved out in the less bulky, more profitable form of heroin, morphine and other opium derivatives.
"In trying to persuade Turkey to reduce poppy plantation, the United States has faced a credibility gap. Turkish farmers and authorities find difficulty in believing that one small crop could cause a social problem of major proportions. Until recently, the French refused to believe Marseilles was the world's principal processing center.
"Peiping, on the other hand, knows exactly what it is doing and why.
"Use of narcotics by the American younger generation is growing at a staggering pace. In schools all across the United States, teen-agers are experimenting with marijuana. While 'grass' may not be dangerous in itself, its use is all too likely to be followed by a fix with the Big H. The doper is trapped in a habit that leads to crime to get money for more heroin, to moral degradation and usually an early grave.
"Smoking of marijuana and addiction to hard drugs are increasing in Great Britain and Europe. If the trend continues, narcotics could threaten the survival of democratic civilization within a decade.
"Peiping forbids the use of narcotics by the people of mainland China. The penalty for pusher or user is death. But the narcotics poisoning of 'imperialist, capitalist and revisionist' enemies earns a Mao medal. The United States is better off without such 'friends.' "
New Life Daily News - Offensive in Lao.
The Shin Sheng Pao of February 12 said Indochina's peace and security depend on the success of the U.S. and South Vietnamese offensive against the Communists in Laos.
The paper said: "U.S. and South Vietnamese operations against the
Communists in Laos is the first large scale offensive of the Vietnam war. This move is important strategically because it seeks to combine Indochina's three battlefields into one. The morale and anti-Communist solidarity of South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos will be greatly strengthened.
"Peiping has repeatedly protested against the Allied offensive in Laos and pledged to continue supporting Communists in. the three Indochina nations. Peiping is trying to stimulate the emotions of U.S. anti-war elements and appeasers and arouse resistance to the Nixon administration.
"The Chinese Communists are expanding the Indochina war. Chou En-lai's statement that 'war has no boundaries' is a threat intended to test the reaction of the United States. Mainland China is still in a state of turmoil and Mao Tse-tung dares not become openly involved.
"Washington must not forget the lesson learned in Cambodia last year. Full support should be given the South Vietnamese offensive in Laos, including the bombing of North Vietnam if necessary."
The China News said February 11 that the cutting of the Ho Chi Minh trail and the successful defense of Cambodia would shorten the Indochina war.
The paper said: "American doves have so far made less noise than expected about the South Vietnamese advance into Laos.
"This could be because the opposition is off to a slow start. More protests can be expected in time.
"It also may be that some peace advocates recognize the necessity for doing something about the Communist build-up in Laos if the Vietnam war is ever to be ended.
"Almost all North Vietnamese reinforcements and supplies now move into Cambodia and South Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh trail running down the spine of Laos.
"Kompong Som, the Cambodia port on the Gulf of Siam, is no longer open to Communist use.
"That leaves only the Ho Chi Minh trail Infiltration across the Demilitarized Zone and along South Vietnam's eastern and southern coasts is of minor consequence.
"If the North Vietnamese cannot get at South Vietnam, the final phase of the war becomes an exercise of cleaning up the Viet Cong and remnant Hanoi forces.
"South Vietnamese are already strong enough for that. This is manifest in the U.S. decision to back up the South Vietnamese army in Laos.
"Should Saigon's forces fail, the future of Vietnamization would be placed in jeopardy. Free Vietnamese morale would be seriously and perhaps fatally undermined.
"President Nixon and the Pentagon obviously believe the danger is slight. They are confident that with American air support but without American ground combat forces, the South Vietnamese are more than a match for the North Vietnamese regulars they will meet in Laos.
"This is, then, the supreme test of Vietnamization. The Vietnam war is coming down to its final denouement.
"President Nixon can be expected to speak out on Laos shortly and clear away some of the obfuscations of his critics.
"Those who oppose the Laos operation are revealed as advocates of peace at any price. The alternative to closing out the Communist supply lines is the dooming of South Vietnam and Cambodia to a conflict that would go on and on until war weariness finally overcame the defenders.
"The war is not being fought in North Vietnam or the Pathet Lao provinces but in South Vietnam and the free areas of Lao, and Cambodia. And the war will end only when the Communists are compelled to terminate aggression.
"This is what the Laos operation is all about. Cutting of the Ho Chi Minh trail and the successful defense of Cambodia could mean the end of the Indochina wars within 1971."
United Daily News - Asianization needed
The Lien Ho Pao (United Daily News) of February 15 said expansion of Vietnamization into Asianization is imperative to safeguard Indochina's peace and security.
The paper said: "Asian Communism is international. Its threat must be combatted by international efforts. All Asian democracies should render support and assistance to South Vietnam for strikes against Communist bases in Laos.
"To protect American lives in the course of further troop withdrawals, the United States must assist the South Vietnamese offensive in Laos by any and all means.
"The Chinese Communists have not forgotten the bitter lessons learned in the Korean War. They are adopting 'indirect aggression' as their ultimate strategy and avoiding open warfare throughout Southeast Asia. The Chinese Reds are instigating Communists in all the Asian countries to launch 'people's warfare' and bring about a 'united front' of armed revolt.
"The primary goal of Peiping's strategy is to compel U.S. forces to withdraw from Vietnam. Peiping can ignore the cutting of the Ho Chi Minh trail by South Vietnamese forces. The Chinese Reds know the Viet Cong and Pathet Lao can renew aggression when U.S. forces are gone from Vietnam."
The Chung Yang Jih Pao of February 10 said the free world should unanimously support the South Vietnamese offensive against Communists in Laos.
The paper said: "The new military drive into Laos is much more important than last year's military operations in Cambodia by U.S. and South Vietnamese forces.
"The campaign in Laos will help prevent Communist aggression and provide more time for Vietnamization. Communist supply lines to Cambodia and South Vietnam will be cut.
"Cutting of the Ho Chi Minh trail is a big blow to Hanoi. The South Vietnamese can do it again if the situation requires. Hanoi knows this route is no longer dependable."
Commenting on the same subject, the Lien Ho Pao of February 10 said that while the South Vietnamese drive into Laos is important strategically, the offensive is not strong enough to contain Communist infiltration and subversion in Southeast Asia.
The paper said: "Joint Allied military operations against all Communist strong points at the same time is .the only way to assure peace and security in Southeast Asia.
"Separate military operations give the Communists opportunity to run in all directions and even broaden the scope of their military activities.
"As the South Vietnamese push into Laos, simultaneous military operations should be undertaken by Thai and Laotian troops to prevent the Communists from running west and north.
"If the South Vietnamese can control the Ho Chi Minh trail for a year or two and prevent the Communists from establishing a new supply line, the drive into Laos will have accomplished its task."
China Post - Commonwealth unity
The China Post said January 30 that anti-Communist solidarity was achieved at the British Commonwealth summit conference in Singapore.
The paper said: "The naive proposal of India and Ceylon that all military bases should be removed from the Indian Ocean was firmly resisted at the Commonwealth meeting. The nations of the free world are not seeking a confrontation with Communism, but only making sure that Communist aggression will be resisted. Peaceful coexistence with either Soviet Russia or Communist China is wishful thinking. The presence of Soviet naval units off Singapore during the conference emphasizes the danger.
"On the issue of racism in Africa it seems safe to conclude that little was accomplished. There is no doubt that England is sympathetic to the demand for an end to discrimination, but the thorny issue cannot be resolved at a summit conference.
"Wisely, the conference leaders agreed to bypass the explosive issue of Britain's proposal to sell military hardware to South Africa.
"Trade considerations were the key factor in deferring a showdown on the issue that had threatened to wreck the conference. Cracks in the solidarity of the Commonwealth have been patched over, at least for now.
"The most important result of the eight-day meeting remains the strengthening of the common front against Communist infiltration and reaffirmation of the free world's determination to unify its forces against the Communists. Much of the credit for this achievement must go to Britain's Prime Minister Edward Heath. He was able to win his objective without giving in on arms to South Africa and without wrecking the Commonwealth."