Joseph Farah spotlights a news item that few will ponder, even though its significance is quite enormous.
China's official Xinhua news agency reports Shanghai has built an underground bunker that can accommodate 200,000 people in the event of nuclear war.
The bunker covers a total area of more than 90,000 square meters, with 15 passages nearly 4,000 meters in length each to link the underground space with buildings above ground – including office towers and apartments.
Water, power and ventilation systems in the bunker are capable of supporting people for seven to 15 days amid catastrophe on the surface.
And this is hardly the only bomb shelter like it in China.
Farah goes on to note:
If you haven't considered this already, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings. What China is preparing for is this – the inevitable showdown with the West. Some day, in the not-too-distant future, China believes it will be strong enough to battle it out with the U.S. – either with conventional weaponry or with nuclear.
It is preparing to save a portion of its populace in that conflict so the country can still function afterward. . . . The fact that China is now publicly announcing the construction of these massive bomb shelters is alarming to me.
It's alarming to me also. Read the whole article.